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Ketamine-Impaired Driver Gets 10 Years and 8 Months for Killing Motorcyclist in Greater Manchester

Police released footage documenting his drug impairment.

Overview

  • Cormac Sale, 22, pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and was sentenced to 10 years and eight months in prison.
  • He was disqualified from driving for more than 12 years following the fatal Dec. 14, 2024 collision.
  • Sale struck and killed 22-year-old motorcyclist Spencer Rothwell-Poole on Chorley Old Road in Horwich, where the victim died at the scene.
  • Police said Sale was almost 10 times over the legal ketamine limit and had been driving erratically, including on the opposite side of the road.
  • Released dashcam and ambulance recordings show his speeding before the crash and his admission to taking ketamine.