Trucker’s decision to overtake cyclist ‘beggars belief’

A truck driver’s decision to pass a cyclist on a bad stretch of road, at a time when he knew his lorry was in bad condition, beggared belief, a judge said yesterday.

The driver was jailed for three years for the incident which put the victim, a keen triathlete, in a wheelchair for life.

The truck’s 70 defects had been reported to the owner two months before the incident but had not been fixed.