Shocking moment speeding driver, 23, kills 43-year-old man and left his partner, 55, badly injured
Shocking moment speeding driver, 23, kills 43-year-old man and left his partner, 55, badly injured after he ploughed into them as they crossed road
- Daniel Bracher ploughed into couple while travelling 40mph in a 30mph zone
- The 23-year-old was also overtaking cars and on the wrong side of the road
- Damien Hubbard, 43, was killed and his 55-year-old partner seriously injured
- Bracher, of Bilston, West Midlands, was jailed for six years and nine months
This is the shocking moment a speeding driver killed a man and badly injured his partner after ploughing into them as they crossed the road.
Daniel Bracher, 23, mowed down the couple after overtaking vehicles on the wrong side of the road while travelling at 40mph in a 30mph zone.
Harrowing dash-cam footage shows Bracher hitting the brakes in his red Peugeot 207, but it wasn’t enough to avoid the fatal collision at 7am on December 12 last year, in Parkfield Road, Wolverhampton.
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Daniel Bracher ploughed into Damien Hubbard, 43, and his 55-year-old partner (seen to the right of the image) while travelling above the speed limit and on the wrong side of the road
Damien Hubbard, 43, was pronounced dead at the scene while his 55-year-old partner was left seriously injured.
A year on and she continues to receive treatment for life-changing injuries and will require further operations for some time to come.
A dashcam captures the moment Bracher attempts to brake as he notices the pedestrians
CCTV footage shows the moments after the fatal collision in Wolverhampton last December
Police arrested Bracher at the scene and he later pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
Daniel Bracher, 23, pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and causing serious injury by dangerous driving
Bracher, of Bilston, West Midlands, was jailed for six years and nine months at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Thursday.
He will be banned from driving for more than seven years on his release and will be required to sit an extended retest before being allowed behind the wheel again.
Sergeant Dean Caswell, of West Midlands Police, said afterwards: ‘Driving on the wrong side of the road is inexcusable under these circumstances and the cost in this case was high.
‘It took just seconds to make a bad decision and a life was lost.
‘Our thoughts remain with the family and friends of the man who died and also his partner who, not only has to deal with her own grief, but faces considerable treatment for her injuries.’
