Overview
- Newly released dashcam video shows Jack Bentley’s Ford Focus slamming into a stationary Nissan X‑Trail in a tailback on the A50.
- Bentley, 30, pleaded guilty to two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and was sentenced on 11 February at Derby Crown Court to two years and four months in prison.
- He was disqualified from driving for three years and two months.
- Police say phone analysis found sustained use of online gambling and games throughout the journey from Blackpool to Derby.
- The crash forced an emergency caesarean at about 33 weeks and the newborn spent weeks in intensive care, while a child suffered a fractured ankle and the family dog required emergency spinal surgery.