Cork truck driver who crashed into couple's car causing serious injuries avoids jail

Injured parties said they could see the driver of the lorry looking in the direction of his passenger rather than at the road just before the collision, court heard

Judge said the interests of society would not be served by sending accused to prison. He imposed a 15-month suspended sentence and a three-year driving disqualification. Picture: Larry Cummins 

A woman who suffered serious injuries when an articulated lorry crashed into the car she was travelling in with her then fiancée said in court: “Our car was not the only thing that was crushed that day, our lives were crushed.” 

The truck driver, Antony Malone of Halldene Estate, Curraheen Road, Bishopstown, Cork, pleaded guilty at Cork Circuit Criminal Court to a charge of careless driving causing serious harm to the couple on August 3, 2021, at Lackanashinagh, Enniskeane, County Cork.