Berkshire man jailed after scaffolding pole fell off his lorry
A motorist suffered serious injuries
Last updated 29th Jan 2024
A man from Berkshire has been jailed for causing seriously injury by dangerous driving.
The victim was driving her black Vauxhall Astra along the A327, Milney Road, in Blackwater when a scaffolding pole fell off a Ford Transit flatbed vehicle.
The pole penetrated the driver's side door and the driver, a then 33-year-old woman from Hook, suffered a serious leg injury. There were also two young children in the car who were not hurt.
The driver of the Astra was airlifted to Southampton General Hospital for treatment.
The driver of the scaffolding vehicle, 36 year old Peter Lee of Yorktown Road, Bracknell Forest, was later charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
He was sentenced to three years in custody at Winchester Crown Court.
PC Rhiannon Gibson, of the Joint Operations Roads Policing Unit, said:
"I want to thank all the people who came forward following our media appeal. This information proved vital in our investigation.
"I hope this sentencing shows how seriously we take cases like this and stresses the importance of load security on commercial vehicles. We regularly have to take action against drivers who don't properly secure their loads.
"The victim in this case has shown a lot of strength and we hope this sentence provides them with some peace."