Article: Death crash driver 'did not fall asleep'

A Lincolnshire pensioner accused of nodding off at the wheel and killing his wife in a Lincolnshire road smash has told a jury he didn't fall asleep and would have pulled over if he felt tired.

Prosecutors allege Brian Mickleburgh slammed into a tree, killing his wife Tracy and injuring the long-lost son she had been reunited with only days earlier, after just one 90-minute 'nap' in the previous 32 hours.

But the 66-year-old, giving evidence in his own defence at Leicester Crown Court, said he was "awake and alert" before the crash on the A1 near Stamford.

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