Cameron Hughes used his mobile phone to stream music and access Snapchat seconds before the crash
The family of a 15-year-old girl killed when a delivery driver ploughed his van off a parapet walked out of court as he was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison today .
Bonney, a family friend, suffered catastrophic injuries and died in Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, shortly before midnight the following day. Hughes, of Haddington Drive, Manchester, has been jailed for after admitting causing Bonney's death by dangerous driving at Preston Crown Court.Sentencing, Jusge Heather Lloyd said: “This was quite a shocking piece of driving and a young 15 year old life has been needlessly wiped out.
Hughes failed to negotiate a left hand bend and ploughed the van into a parapet over a dirt track. The van left the bridge and plunged to the ground below, throwing Bonnie towards the windscreen.Bonney was taken to Manchester Children's Hospital and later transferred to Wythenshawe Hospital where she was place on life support but died just before midnight on July 8.
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