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Article: Student death car driver 'lost it' on bend.
- Article from:
- Lancashire Evening Post (Preston, England)
- Article date:
- May 7, 2008
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A teenage university student was killed instantly when the car he was travelling in crashed into a taxi on a gentle bend, a jury has been told.
Back seat passenger Matthew Hesketh, 18, a student at the University of Central Lancashire, died of massive injuries after the car his friend was driving "sledged" across Preston Road at Longridge, near Preston, and hit the taxi on the opposite side.
Matthew's friend, fellow student and part-time assistant chef, Adam Catterall, is charged with causing his death by dangerous driving just after midnight on February 3 last year.
The defendant, 19, of Mill Lane in Goosnargh, near Preston, denies the ...
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Article: Student dies in car crash.
Lancashire Evening Post (Preston, England);
February 5, 2007 ;
454 words
... ... has died in a car crash. Matthew Hesketh, 18, was the back seat passenger in a car which crashed on Preston Road, Longridge. The teenager ... Woodplumpton Lane, Broughton, near Preston. A police spokesman said ... travelling from Longridge to Preston and was overtaking a vehicle ...
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