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Bradford Hit-and-Run Driver Jailed for 10 Years and 8 Months Over Killing of 68-Year-Old Pedestrian

The disqualified mechanic was travelling at around twice the 30mph limit on the wrong side of Little Horton Lane during an unlawful race.

Overview

  • Robert Nagoda pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and related offences after striking Darrell Dalton, 68, on September 27.
  • Dalton was pronounced dead about 30 minutes after the collision, which occurred as he crossed Little Horton Lane in Bradford.
  • Nagoda fled, abandoning the Honda Jazz with a false rear plate and smashed windscreen, before he and a passenger surrendered to police two days later.
  • Graphic CCTV of the crash was shown in court, and Judge Penelope Belcher condemned the wrong-side, high-speed driving as horrendous.
  • Nagoda will serve half of his 10-year, eight-month term before possible release on licence and received a lengthy driving ban with an extended re-test requirement.