A motorist has been jailed for six months after admitting responsibility for a collision in east Dorset that claimed the life of an 84-year-old man.<\/p>\n
Harvey Amey, 21 and of Victoria Gardens in Trowbridge, was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court on Friday 11 December 2020 after pleading guilty at a previous hearing to causing death by careless driving.<\/p>\n
At around 12.10pm on Monday 28 May 2018 a four-vehicle collision occurred in the area of Badbury Rings on the B3092 between Blandford and Wimborne.<\/p>\n
Amey was driving his Vauxhall Corsa from Blandford toward Wimborne when he overtook a Land Rover Discovery, which was towing a caravan. He rapidly approached a stationary line of vehicles, which were behind a car waiting to turn right.<\/p>\n
Amey collided with the last car in the line \u2013 a Mini \u2013 before swerving right into the path of a Renault Clio, which was travelling in the opposite direction.<\/p>\n
The Clio was caused to spin into a second Land Rover Discovery, which was travelling behind Amey\u2019s Corsa.<\/p>\n
There were three generations of a family travelling in the Clio. The driver\u2019s father, Raymond Pike, sustained fractured ribs and a collapsed lung and was taken to hospital for treatment. Very sadly Mr Pike died in hospital on Friday 12 October 2018.<\/p>\n
The driver of the Mini sustained an injury to his head and shoulder. <\/p>\n
Following a detailed investigation by Dorset Police\u2019s traffic unit, Harvey Amey was issued with a postal requisition for an offence of causing death by dangerous driving.<\/p>\n
Police Constable Jay Griffin, of the traffic unit, said: \u201cHarvey Amey carried out a poorly-judged overtake near to another junction on a busy 60mph road. His actions that day led to devastating consequences and Raymond Pike\u2019s family lost a much loved husband, father and grandfather.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur thoughts remain with them all.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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