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Scots HGV driver killed three in horror crash while trawling 'adult' sites
11.01.2022 - 20:05 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A Scots HGV driver has been jailed for eight years and ten months after he killed three people in a 58mph 'fireball' crash while trawling an adult site on his phone.
Romanian-born Ion Onut, 41, who lives in Galashiels, was 'looking for casual sex with strangers' on the App 'Shag Today' and another called 'Mystic Match'.
A court heard he was paying no attention to the road and made no attempt to brake as he ploughed into stationary traffic in his 3.5 tonne HGV carrying a load of fertiliser.
The lorry 'turned into a fireball ' on impact as it pushed the first vehicle 100m down the motorway at Bowburn, Co. Durham, on July 15 last year.
David Daglish, 57, and his partner Elaine Sullivan, 59, from Seaham, Co Durham were killed instantly.
Devoted dad Paul Mullen, 51, of Washington, Tyne and Wear, also lost his life in the carnage. Three others suffered serious injury and psychological trauma. Onut, 41, admitted three counts of causing death by dangerous driving after Durham crown court heard he had been using his phone all day while in his cab. Jailing him, Judge James Adkin told him: "You were trawling the internet on a dating site looking for casual sexual partners and such was your preoccupation you failed failed to see the traffic slow and stop in front of you.
"Your vehicle, weighing approximately three and a half tonnes, ploughed into lines of stationary traffic at 58 mph. The consequences were catastrophic. I have watched dashcam footage showing an immediate explosion as your track rammed into the vehicle in front of it.
"Your truck then careered out of control for 100m destroying everything in its path. You were browsing the internet for 40 minutes, preoccupied with forming casual sexual relationships while driving
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