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Careless Driver in A19 Crash That Killed Dax Jones Receives Suspended Sentence

The court imposed a suspended sentence following her acquittal on the more serious charge.

Overview

  • Eleanor Hope Wilson, 23, was sentenced on December 15 at Teesside Crown Court to six months' imprisonment suspended for 18 months.
  • She was banned from driving for 12 months, ordered to complete 200 hours of unpaid work, assigned 25 rehabilitation days, and required to undertake the 'First Steps to Change' programme.
  • A jury on November 26 found Wilson not guilty of causing death by dangerous driving after she had admitted causing death by careless driving.
  • Dax Jones, 51, died at the scene on June 15, 2022, after Wilson pulled out to cross the southbound A19 near Ingleby Arncliffe into the path of his motorcycle.
  • North Yorkshire Police said the death was caused by a driver not looking properly, and Jones' family said he never got to meet a grandchild born 13 months later.