Overview
- Sahil Nagpal, 30, was sentenced at Teesside Crown Court to 10 years in prison and disqualified from driving for 12 years and eight months.
- A jury convicted Nagpal of causing death by dangerous driving and three counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving after a four-day trial.
- The crash occurred on October 8, 2023 near Scaling Dam Reservoir when Nagpal’s Hyundai i40 was wholly on the wrong side of the A171 during a dangerous overtake.
- Paul Brand, 49, suffered catastrophic injuries and died, with a post-mortem recording cardiac arrest due to his injuries.
- Brand’s children delivered victim impact statements describing profound, lasting grief, and police noted Nagpal’s not-guilty plea forced the family to relive the trauma.