A Briton, whose fiancée was killed by a trucker who was watching cat videos at the wheel, urged drivers to put their cell phones after losing her youthful love and the mother of his two daughters.
“To discover that it was because he was watching cat videos on his cell phone, it broke me […] I miss it every second of the day. We did everything together. Absolutely everything. Alex was the most understanding, gentle, devoted and loving mother, “said Aaron Law on Friday, tears in his eyes, interview with the BBC.
Despite the years that have passed since the death of Alex Britton, killed in 2021 at the age of 28, the injury still seemed fresh for her fiancé, with whom she should have married only six months after the road accident which derailed their lives in Andoover in the south of England, according to the British media.
Alex Britton died at the age of 28, killed by a trucker who watched cat videos on his cell phone by driving.
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That day, the truck driver, Michal Kopaniarz, 42, did not pay attention to the road when crossing the vehicle of Alex Britton, who had just broken down, arrested on the road with those of two other good Samaritans, parked to assist him.
According to the police investigation, he had spent seven minutes on his cell phone watching cat videos before the impact that cost the mother’s life, as well as Tom Watson, 30, and Tina Ince, 58, said the BBC.
“Alex I miss Alex terribly every day. It is a huge loss for her children […] She was one day and left the next day, we didn’t even have time to say goodbye, “said her mother, April Swain, in the British media.
After the collision, the forties had tried to get rid of the evidence by destroying his cell phone, but his gesture had been captured by the camera integrated into his truck.
By pleading guilty to dangerous conduct causing death and having tried to divert the course of justice, the man received a sentence of 12 years in prison accompanied by a prohibition to drive for ten years after the end of his sentence.
Tina Ince, 58, and Tom Watson, 30, lost his life after stopping to help Alex Britton.
Courtoisie Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary
In recent years, cases of cellular driving have jumped in England, according to the BBC. For example, the Wiltshire police allegedly issued 1457 tickets in 2024, against 552 in 2022, and that of Surrey, 1930 fines in 2024, against 891 in 2022.
For the father, who has to raise his two daughters alone, then aged only 17 months and 3 years old, it has to change.
“It really makes me angry to see or hear someone on their phone [au volant]. I personally had arguments with people about it. But it is difficult to explain to someone who did not experience something like that, the impact it can have, “he said BBC on Friday.
