White van driver jailed for killing motorcyclist after performing dangerous U-turn having missed turning
A white van driver has been jailed for four years for killing a motorcyclist after performing a dangerous U-turn having missed his turning.
White Citroen Berlingo van driver Lee Morris, 46, collided with a Honda motorcycle being ridden by Michael Poulter at approximately 4.05pm on Tuesday April 27, 2021, on the A30 London Road near Blackwater.
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Winchester Crown Court heard how Morris was travelling to Yateley Common when he missed the turning he was supposed to take. Morris then pulled into a layby on the westbound carriageway just prior to arriving at the roundabout junction of the A30 and A327.
The court heard that Morris then decided to perform a U-turn to go back to the exit for Yateley Common and pulled out directly into the path of the motorcyclist. Sadly Mr Poulter, a 58-year-old from Yateley, suffered catastrophic injuries and sadly died at the scene.
Morris, of Grosvenor Road in Aldershot, was handed a four year jail sentence.