Lorry driver jailed after collision

A lorry driver has been jailed for two years after losing control and crashing into an oncoming car when he was almost double the drug-drive limit near Cambridgeshire.

55 year old Anthony Campbell of East Kilbride, was driving a 44-tonne HGV when he swerved into the path of a Mercedes on the A47 near Wisbech, Cambridgeshire in January.

Tests showed he had been smoking cannabis.

PC Boris Kahn, from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire’s Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said: “Campbell displayed unbelievable recklessness and ignorance in getting behind the wheel after smoking cannabis.

“It is nothing short of a miracle that the driver and the passenger in the Mercedes are still here today.

“While they continue to recover from their injuries, I hope the victims feel a sense of justice and closure following this sentence.

“Anyone who drives after taking illegal drugs is putting people’s lives at risk and it is completely unacceptable.”