A DRUG-driver who killed a mum-of-two while racing to the hospital to pick up a newborn baby wept as he was jailed for nine years.
Paul Wright, 31, had overtaken other cars and jumped red lights at 60mph in a 40mph zone moments before hitting Jane Hickson.
CavendishJane Hickson was killed in a horror crash with a drug-driver[/caption]
CavendishPaul Wright has been jailed for nine years[/caption]
The mum, 57, was taking her daughter Olivia to visit her grandmother when she suffered multiple injuries in the horror crash.
Tragically, Olivia was told by her dad John that her mother had died while she was being treated for her own injuries.
When he was arrested, Wright told officers his second child, who had just been born, had gone missing and he was rushing to get to hospital.
The BMW driver added: “I do not care about me now – I have destroyed their family.”
Wright wept as he was jailed for nine years after he admitted causing death by dangerous driving.
Chester Crown Court heard how Jane was driving near the family home in Upton in November 2023 when the tragedy unfolded.
In a victim impact statement, husband John said: “I try to keep strong outwardly but inside I am completely broken and wracked with emotional pain.
“I understand the defendant was picking up his newborn baby from the same hospital where Jane died, and Olivia was treated.
“But he had driven dangerously and impaired all the way there. If he had not collided with Jane, it is likely that he would have risked the life of his own baby and his partner, in the process of bringing them home.
“This is the only way that I can attempt to find a reason for Jane’s death, that it prevented the death of someone else – in this case this individual’s own family.”
The court heard Wright was driving his BMW X5 at a “very fast speed” in the lead-up to the crash.
One motorist remarked he was going to “kill himself or someone else” as he jumped red lights, tailgated other cars and drove “violently and aggressively”.
Jane, who ran her own fitness instructor business, was hit by Wright as she entered a junction – causing her car to spin 360 degrees.
The dad was confronted by other road users for driving “like an idiot” as he stopped further down the road.
Police carried out a drug test at the scene, which showed a positive reading for cannabis.
Although a blood test revealed he was under the legal limit for the drug, prosecutors insisted he was driving while under the influence.
He had previously been caught drug driving in an unrelated incident while ten times the limit for the cocaine compound BZE.
There was a delay from the Home Office in testing his drug sample, which meant he was legally able to stay on the road at the time of the fatal crash.
The court was told Olivia was left with back pain and cuts and bruises to her body following the crash.
She said: “I hope that he can look at his actions and go ‘Was it worth it?’ He has broken a family up.
“The fact that he knew that he skipped red lights beforehand, it could have been anyone. Someone was going to get hurt with that sort of behaviour.
“I do not wish anyone ill will but I do think that he should look at his actions and look at how it has affected so many people.
“My life is never going to be the same, nor is my brother’s. My mum is not going to be at my graduation or my wedding or my brother’s wedding, all because he wanted to get somewhere faster. It’s just not worth it.”
CavendishJane suffered fatal injuries in the crash[/caption]
CavendishHer husband John said the family had been through ‘hell’[/caption] Published: [#item_custom_pubDate]
