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Police found that Neil Platt, 43 of Bootle, Merseyside, had been checking his phone regularly during a three-hour journey on May 17, 2024, which saw him travel from Dumfries, Scotland to the M58 via the M6.
Platt’s truck slammed into the back of D…
Photographs of naked women appeared on the X social media feed of Neil Platt, 43, moments before the horrific crash near junction four of the M58 in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, on May 17 last year.
A “heavily distracted” Platt failed to notice stationary…
A lorry driver who was “distracted” as he looked at pornography images seconds before he killed a father of two in a motorway crash has been jailed.
Neil Platt was sentenced to 10 years behind bars on Friday for causing the death of a man while driving…
Neil Platt, 43, was looking at porn on his mobile phone while driving an HGV on the M58 in Skelmersdale before crashing into a car belonging to Danny Aitchison, who was tragically killed
20:13, 19 Sep 2025Updated 20:23, 19 Sep 2025
HGV driver distract…
Neil Platt was described as a “multi-tonne accident waiting to happen”
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19:11, 19 Sep 2025Updated 19:18, 19 Sep 2025
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Neil Platt’s lorry smashed into Danny Aitchison car at …
The new restaurant is expected to open in the city centre
06:00, 28 Jul 2025
Dishoom Limited have applied for a premises licence(Image: Birmingham Live)
Councils across the Liverpool City Region have issued a list of public notices in the past seven …
The Big Weekend is taking place in Sefton Park in south Liverpool
13:06, 21 May 2025
Sefton Park prepares to host Radio 1’s Big Weekend festival this weekend(Image: Iain Watts/Liverpool Echo)
The Radio 1 Big Weekend[1] is coming to…
A heartbroken family said they will always have questions after a dad-of-one died following a crash involving an HGV. Pedestrian Martin Gregory, 43, instantly died of a catastrophic head injury when he was hit by the fully laden vehicle[1] travelling e…
The heartbroken family of Martin Gregory said he was a devoted father who “always had a funny story to tell”
07:25, 09 Apr 2025Updated 09:53, 09 Apr 2025
Martin Gregory and his son(Image: Merseyside Police)
A heartbroken family sai…
DB Cargo UK[1] has improved its ability to respond to breakdown and recovery operations with a fleet of ten new Iveco 7-tonne vans that will carry heavy-lifting and other recovery equipment.
The new Iveco vans will replace the company’s ageing fleet of…