Matt
A driver who was using drugs has admitted causing a crash that killed a motorcyclist and his wife.
Sid Samways, 74, and his wife Barbara, 71, of Blandford, Dorset, died after a collision with a car near Shaftesbury on 2 April.
Jamie Myers, 24, pleaded guilty to two counts of causing death by driving without due care and attention while over the drug-drive limit.
He will be sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court on 5 January.
Mr Samways was pronounced dead at the scene on the Higher Shaftesbury Road.
His wife, who was riding pillion, was airlifted to hospital but died of her injuries "after a very short but brave battle", her family said.
Myers, of Donhead St Mary, Wiltshire, did not enter pleas to two counts of causing death by driving while unlicensed.
Matt
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-41946142
Lindsay
Makes my blood boil. Not only over drink/drug levels (the only safe level is zero!) but without a licence too!
My thoughts are with the family, what a horrid way to lose their loved ones.
I hope he gets what he truly deserves.
Smokey007
I was involved in a serious RTA, where a drunk driver hit me at 50 mph. Technically i should not still be here, but after months and months i pulled through.
I despise anyone who drinks or takes drugs and thinks it is ok to get behind the wheel of a car. About time our Laws were toughened up as the penalties still not fitting for the devastation left behind x
Deleted Member
Time for zero tolerance with drink and drugs and driving. Hope he spends a long time locked away from the public. For our safety not his rehabilitation. Couldn't care less about him.
jinx57
The only bad accident i ever had on bikes was caused by a drunk driver, still got the scars and plates to remind me,nearly 40 years on..no sympathy with the tossers who endanger everybody...grrrr :(>