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Man escapes jail over fatal crash at Wingen

August 23, 2024 7:21 am in by

The driver of a Landcruiser towing a caravan has learned his fate after pleading guilty to being responsible for the death of a truck driver.

The 41 year-old victim died after being involved in a crash between SUV and two trucks on the New England Highway at Wingen on April 4 this year.

63-year-old Weston Francis Doley from Maitland has been sentenced to a two year Community Corrections Order, banned from getting behind the wheel for 18 months and fined $1000.

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Scone Local Court was previously told Doley’s failed to give way to a semi-trailer, even though there were warning signs and road markings

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