Jonathan Lyle was driving a Seat Leon on Whins Lane, Simonstone, in excess of the speed limit, on the afternoon of 20th April 2022.
He went to overtake a Land Rover Defender, driven by Nicholas Starkie, which was turning off Whins Lane into Mr Starkie’s estate – and collided with the back of it.
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