‘Distressed’ Hull nurse mounted kerb and killed popular grandad in…

A nurse who was “preoccupied” and upset as she drove home tragically killed a retired docks foreman when her car suddenly mounted a kerb and hit him while he was trimming the front hedge outside his house. Joanne Robinson had been to a “distressing” assessment on a man suffering from multiple sclerosis at a care home. She had a “momentary lapse of concentration” on the way back that led to her car hitting the 66-year-old grandfather from behind. The force of the collision knocked him off his feet and threw him into the air, causing him to land heavily on a brick pillar. The popular father-of-two had no chance of taking evasive action because he did not even see the vehicle and he died soon afterwards, despite the efforts of passers-by and paramedics, Hull Crown Court heard. READ MORE: Murder investigation launched after man dies following Anlaby Road assault Robinson, 56, of Rosedale Avenue, east Hull, admitted causing the death of Gary Lightoller by dangerous driving on the A165 Ganstead Lane at Bilton on June 27 last year. Robert Stevenson, prosecuting, said Mr Lightoller had two adult daughters and four grandchildren. He was trimming the front hedge of his home that afternoon and he had walked on to the footpath just along from his driveway. Robinson was returning from Bridlington and was driving her Hyundai south along Ganstead Lane towards Hull on a dry, sunny day. She had been at work as a multiple sclerosis nurse and visited a residential and dementia home in Bridlington to meet a seriously ill man for a pre-arranged assessment. On the way back, she drove at one point at just over 30mph in a 60mph area. A taxi driver who saw her said he could not see any reason for her doing this. He overtook her and headed through Coniston and Ganstead, about half a mile before the site of the accident. Robinson caught him up despite driving slowly earlier. The speed limit outside Mr Lightoller's home was 30mph. “There is a sweeping right-hand bend,” said Mr Stevenson. “At the edge of the road is a mixture of raised and dropped kerbs at the point of the driveways, with boundary walls and hedges bordering the residential properties.” Mr Lightoller had a hedge trimmer with him when R
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