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Ipswich HGV Driver Pleads Guilty Over A140 Moped Crash

His guilty plea moves the case toward Crown Court while police continue to seek witness and dashcam evidence to clarify how the teenage rider was left seriously injured.

Overview

  • A collision on the A140 in Wacton involved a turquoise Renault HGV and a blue SYM Orbit moped and left the moped rider, a teenage boy, with serious injuries.
  • Emergency crews airlifted the rider to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge where he remains in a serious condition.
  • The 22-year-old driver from Aldham, Ipswich, was arrested in Seaham the day after the crash, taken to King’s Lynn police custody and remanded before entering guilty pleas to causing serious injury by dangerous driving, dangerous driving and failing to stop.
  • He is due to appear at Norwich Crown Court on September 1 and will remain in custody until that hearing.
  • Norfolk Police are appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage to help their inquiry and ask anyone with information to quote reference NC-30072026-331 when contacting officers.