Gritter lorry driver caused horror crash

Thurrock

  A gritter lorry driver who ran over and killed a motorcyclist while doing an illegal U-turn on a major road is facing jail. Peter Wright, 46, ignored two ‘No U-turn’ signs and failed to slow down before swinging his truck into a gap in the central reservation opposite a police station. Motorcyclist Anthony Duggan, 47, crashed into the lorry and suffered catastrophic injuries when his head was crushed under the front wheel. Wright, who was gritting the roads for…

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