Moment drunk driver finds out he killed a mum-of-two
Video shows the moment when a drink and drug-fuelled driver heard he’d killed his passenger after leaving the mum-of-two for dead to cover his tracks.
‘Selfish’ Ashley Dean, 40, was heard asking police “Is she alive?” after the horror crash where “bubbly” Lisa Birtwistle, 32, tragically lost her life.
The dad had spent six hours boozing at a nearby pub before getting behind the wheel of his white Vauxhall Vivaro van on March 23 last year.
And as he drove through Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancs., at 10.15pm, he failed to make a left-hand bend and hit a kerbstone before wedging the van against a lamppost.
Police investigators later estimated that Dean had been travelling between 47mph and 57mph before the smash on Blackpool Road, which has a 30mph speed limit.
‘Selfish’ Ashley Dean, 40, was heard asking police “Is she alive?” after the horror crash where “bubbly” Lisa Birtwistle, 32, tragically lost her life.
The dad had spent six hours boozing at a nearby pub before getting behind the wheel of his white Vauxhall Vivaro van on March 23 last year.
And as he drove through Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancs., at 10.15pm, he failed to make a left-hand bend and hit a kerbstone before wedging the van against a lamppost.
Police investigators later estimated that Dean had been travelling between 47mph and 57mph before the smash on Blackpool Road, which has a 30mph speed limit.
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00:20 >> Ashley, because you've been involved in an RTC, man, I'm gonna require-
00:37 >> Please tell me she's still alive.
00:38 >> Hey, I can't confirm that right now, mate.
00:42 I can't tell you right now.
00:44 Okay, I'll keep hold of this, just blow a nice steady breath into there for me.
00:46 >> Like blowing a balloon.
00:48 >> Blow. >> No, you're not blowing hard enough.
00:50 >> Blow.
00:51 Stop a sec.
00:54 >> I'm over it, I'm over it.
00:55 >> All right, but what you need to do is do it properly, okay?
00:58 This is very serious.
01:00 Take a deep breath and blow out like you're blowing up a balloon.
01:02 >> Go. >> Keep going, keep going, keep going,
01:04 keep going, keep going, stop.
01:05 >> Yeah. >> Easy, I'll take it now.
01:06 >> 68.
01:08 >> Right, get him to custody.
01:09 >> Ashley, at the minute, you're further arrested for death by dangerous driving.
01:13 You don't have to say anything, but it may harm your defense if you do not mention
01:15 one question, something which later on in court, anything deemed
01:18 same as evidence.
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