A grandmother was killed in front of her partner after police chased a speeding Audi driver who ploughed into an Amazon delivery van.
Kathleen Kirby, 66, was hit by the van as she walked along the pavement on a Monday afternoon with Cliff Bullen, her partner of 20 years.
Police had begun a high-speed pursuit of Chad Rimmington in Wigan. Driving an Audi TT, Rimmington, who has never passed a driving test, reached 78mph in a 30mph zone before crashing into the back of a van being driven by an innocent Amazon delivery driver.
The collision caused the Amazon driver to spin and mount the pavement, hitting Ms Kirby. She was killed, and Rimmington, 32, who was branded a ‘f****** scumbag’, admitted causing death by dangerous driving. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features. Mr Bullen said he had been ‘inches away’ from being killed himself as they walked home together following a visit to a local nature reserve. “Sometimes, when I’m alone at night and reliving the nightmare over and over again, I wish I had been,” he said in a statement read on his behalf during an emotional hearing at Bolton Crown Court on Wednesday.