'I miss the life I had with him' widow of pensioner killed in crash on ‘perilous’ Mid Wales road tells court
“I miss the life I had with George,” the widow of a pensioner killed in a collision on a ‘perilous’ Mid Wales road has told a court.
Linda Wilson said she also 'died' when her husband George was killed in 2023.
She said she talks to her husband every day and struggles to stay in the world without him. She said the picture that stays in her mind is of him lying on the road, "nearly naked" with tubes coming out of him – and that should not be her last memory.
Mohammed Zahid admitted causing the death of George Wilson, 72, by careless driving on the A483 Crossgates to Llanddewi road on September 13, 2023.
The 29-year-old, of Hutton Road, Bradford, who was 27 at the time of the collision, initially denied a charge of dangerous driving.
Following substantial investigations, experts agreed that it was not possible to say whether Mr Wilson, who was travelling on a motorbike, or Zahid were travelling at excessive speed, or were able to see each other before the fatal impact.
There was some suggestion that Zahid, who was driving a light commercial van, may have cut the corner of a junction into an unclassified road but both experts said it would not have been considered a dangerous manoeuvre because of the layout of the road.
With experts concluding that the collision was the result of a momentary lapse of concentration by Zahid, the charge was changed to causing death by careless driving, and he pleaded guilty on the day of trial.
The expectant first-time father was sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court on Monday (June 30).
