A woman has been jailed after a fatal crash on the A1 near Grantham, Lincolnshire, shortly after she ended a WhatsApp video call, according to reporting. The driver, Fiona Phippen, 45, was said to have entered a service station and drove into a family’s car without braking. Sources describe the incident as occurring moments after she finished a six-minute WhatsApp video call, with police alleging she continued driving while distracted. The crash killed a woman aged 20 who was in the family car. Phippen received a custodial sentence lasting more than four years, the reports state. Details on the investigation and the exact duration between the end of the call and the collision were included in the coverage, including a reference to roughly half a minute passing between ending the call and the impact. The accounts focus on the timing of the video call, the manner of driving at the service station, and the resulting death.
Driver jailed after crash near Grantham following WhatsApp video call
A woman has been jailed after a fatal crash on the A1 near Grantham, Lincolnshire, shortly after she ended a WhatsApp video call, according to reporting. The driver, Fiona Phippen, 45, was said to hav...
- Fiona Phippen, 45, is sentenced to more than four years in custody.
- The crash occurs on the A1 near Grantham in Lincolnshire.
- Reporting says the driver entered a service station and did not brake before the collision.
- The driver is reported to have finished a WhatsApp video call shortly before the crash.
- A woman aged 20 in the family car dies in the collision.
Fiona Phippen, 45, careered through the service station on the A1 near Grantham, Lincs, without braking just 38 seconds after ending a six-minute WhatsApp video call.
3 hours agoFiona Phippen, 45, careered through the service station on the A1 near Grantham, Lincs, without braking just 38 seconds after ending a six-minute WhatsApp video call.
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