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PCSO convicted after fatal crash | PCSO convicted after fatal crash |
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A police community support officer who caused a fatal traffic accident in which her son was killed has been banned from driving for nine months. | A police community support officer who caused a fatal traffic accident in which her son was killed has been banned from driving for nine months. |
Helen Murray, 38, of Dobson Walk, Corby, was found guilty at Northampton Magistrates' Court of driving without due care and attention. | Helen Murray, 38, of Dobson Walk, Corby, was found guilty at Northampton Magistrates' Court of driving without due care and attention. |
Her son Luke Murray and his friend Terence McMahon, both 13, were killed in the crash on 28 April last year. | Her son Luke Murray and his friend Terence McMahon, both 13, were killed in the crash on 28 April last year. |
Murray was also fined £500. The accident happened on the A427 in Corby. | Murray was also fined £500. The accident happened on the A427 in Corby. |
The prosecution said she showed "inattention" when she pulled across a main road in her Ford Ka into the path of an oncoming transit van. | The prosecution said she showed "inattention" when she pulled across a main road in her Ford Ka into the path of an oncoming transit van. |
I would never risk my children's lives, I would never risk the children in the car Helen Murray | I would never risk my children's lives, I would never risk the children in the car Helen Murray |
Sarah Brooks, prosecuting, told the court Murray had pulled across the road to turn right into the path of an oncoming van driven by Alan Scales. | Sarah Brooks, prosecuting, told the court Murray had pulled across the road to turn right into the path of an oncoming van driven by Alan Scales. |
She said: "This is a very tragic collision. Mr Scales has come from Market Harborough along that road. | She said: "This is a very tragic collision. Mr Scales has come from Market Harborough along that road. |
"He approaches the junction and as he does so a Ford Ka motor vehicle comes across the front of his Transit. He can't avoid the collision." | "He approaches the junction and as he does so a Ford Ka motor vehicle comes across the front of his Transit. He can't avoid the collision." |
Miss Brooks said an independent witness saw Ms Murray pull straight across the carriageway in one manoeuvre, without stopping. | Miss Brooks said an independent witness saw Ms Murray pull straight across the carriageway in one manoeuvre, without stopping. |
Earlier Murray told the court: "I remember looking at my right, seeing a vehicle in the slip road. | Earlier Murray told the court: "I remember looking at my right, seeing a vehicle in the slip road. |
"Then I looked at the road and it was clear. The next thing I saw the headlight and the grill in front of my windscreen and that was it. | "Then I looked at the road and it was clear. The next thing I saw the headlight and the grill in front of my windscreen and that was it. |
"All I remember was the cars on the slip road but nothing more. I definitely looked, I would never cross the road if anything was coming. | "All I remember was the cars on the slip road but nothing more. I definitely looked, I would never cross the road if anything was coming. |
"I would never risk my children's lives, I would never risk the children in the car." | "I would never risk my children's lives, I would never risk the children in the car." |
Ms Murray said she had not seen the van because it was not there to be seen. | Ms Murray said she had not seen the van because it was not there to be seen. |
She said she thought it could have been on the other side of the road, or in a hatched section of the carriageway, where she would not have expected it to be. | She said she thought it could have been on the other side of the road, or in a hatched section of the carriageway, where she would not have expected it to be. |
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