Overview
- Rebecca Ableman, 30, died in October 2022 after being struck by crane equipment hanging from a lorry while walking her 2-year-old daughter in Willingham, Cambridgeshire.
- The lorry driver, Kevin Miller, 70, denies causing death by dangerous driving and claims he was unaware of the collision until his arrest hours later.
- Prosecutors argue the crane equipment was improperly secured and posed a lethal risk, supported by expert testimony on transportation safety standards.
- A witness described the equipment as visibly unsafe prior to the collision, while the court was told that the crane had shifted and was hanging over the edge of the trailer.
- Ableman's family remembered her as a devoted mother and partner, with a GoFundMe page noting her final act was pushing her daughter's pram to safety.