
"A farmer driving a tractor which collided with a quad bike, resulting in the deaths of a mother and her young daughter, refused to tell their inquest the speed he was travelling at and whether he was using his phone seconds before the crash."
"Questions were also raised at the inquest in Belfast about why records taken from the phone of Daniel Wilkinson in the moments leading up to the collision were not followed up by police."
A tractor collided with a quad bike, causing the deaths of a mother and her young daughter. The tractor driver declined to tell the inquest how fast he was travelling or whether he had been using his phone in the seconds before the crash. The inquest in Belfast raised concerns about records taken from Daniel Wilkinson's phone in the moments leading up to the collision and why those records were not followed up by police. The case prompted scrutiny of evidence handling and whether investigatory actions could have clarified the circumstances of the fatal collision.
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