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| Fatal beer lorry crash photo released as warning | |
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| A shocking picture of a motorway smash which left a driver dead and another severely injured has been released to warn about using a phone while driving. | A shocking picture of a motorway smash which left a driver dead and another severely injured has been released to warn about using a phone while driving. |
| Christy George, 38, from Hucknall, was jailed in July for causing a crash on the M1 in Leicestershire after becoming distracted on her phone in 2014. | Christy George, 38, from Hucknall, was jailed in July for causing a crash on the M1 in Leicestershire after becoming distracted on her phone in 2014. |
| Her car crashed into a lorry which ploughed onto the opposite carriageway in an eight vehicle pile-up. | Her car crashed into a lorry which ploughed onto the opposite carriageway in an eight vehicle pile-up. |
| Leicestershire Police released the image in a warning film. | Leicestershire Police released the image in a warning film. |
| George deleted a record of calls made during her journey after her Skoda hit a lorry which crashed through to the opposite carriageway. | George deleted a record of calls made during her journey after her Skoda hit a lorry which crashed through to the opposite carriageway. |
| It spilled its load of beer barrels and crashed into a BMW travelling in the opposite direction, killing Murray Simpson, from London. | It spilled its load of beer barrels and crashed into a BMW travelling in the opposite direction, killing Murray Simpson, from London. |
| Liese Bowers-Straw, from Nottinghamshire, was also involved in the crash which broke her neck in two places, tore muscles across her hips and stomach, and injured her brain. | Liese Bowers-Straw, from Nottinghamshire, was also involved in the crash which broke her neck in two places, tore muscles across her hips and stomach, and injured her brain. |
| She has not returned to work and struggles to leave her home because of the trauma. | She has not returned to work and struggles to leave her home because of the trauma. |
| She said: "I remember thinking 'that's it, I'm a goner, I'm dead' and then I don't remember anything else until the following day. | She said: "I remember thinking 'that's it, I'm a goner, I'm dead' and then I don't remember anything else until the following day. |
| "The collision has completely changed my way of life. I have gone from having a career I loved... to being a prisoner in my own home doing absolutely nothing." | "The collision has completely changed my way of life. I have gone from having a career I loved... to being a prisoner in my own home doing absolutely nothing." |
| Det Con Pete Davies said it was the "largest collision site" he had ever investigated. | Det Con Pete Davies said it was the "largest collision site" he had ever investigated. |
| He said: "Someone died in this collision and Liese has been left with the most appalling injuries as a result of someone who was too selfish to wait to make a call." | He said: "Someone died in this collision and Liese has been left with the most appalling injuries as a result of someone who was too selfish to wait to make a call." |
| George was jailed for five years and banned from the road for 10 years. | George was jailed for five years and banned from the road for 10 years. |