A van driver killed a cyclist when he ploughed into her at 60mph after his sister sent photos of a family barbecue to his mobile phone, a court heard yesterday.
Shayne Hill, 32, was allegedly ‘engaged with his phone’ for ten seconds before he crashed into Cheryl Tye, 54, without seeing her on the A11 dual carriageway at Roudham, near Thetford in Norfolk.
Ms Tye, who was taking part in a time trial, was thrown into the air and hit the windscreen of Hill’s blue Citroen Dispatch van before landing on the road as her bike and helmet shattered into pieces.
Other motorists stopped and tried to revive her with CPR, Norwich Crown Court was told, but she was pronounced dead at the scene after her death from multiple injuries on the morning of Sunday, June 26, 2022.
Hill is alleged to have told a woman who stopped to help: ‘I was looking for my drink. I didn’t even see her. What will I get?’
