Van driver who killed gran on ‘defective’ smart motorway is spared jail

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Barry O'Sullivan leaves Reading Crown Court after he was found guilty of causing death by careless driving. Pulvinder Dhillon died in a fatal crash on the M4 westbound after the Nissan Micra in which she and her daughter were travelling broke down in the fast lane between junctions 11 and 12. The car had been stationary for about six minutes when Barry O'Sullivan, 45, crashed his?Ford work van in the back of the car. Picture date: Wednesday February 18, 2026. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Georgia Bates/PA Wire
Barry O’Sullivan leaves Reading Crown Court after he was found guilty of causing death by careless driving (Picture: PA)

A van driver who killed a woman after crashing into the back of a broken-down car on a smart motorway where the safety alert system was malfunctioning has been spared jail.

Barry O’Sullivan, 45, was driving a grey Ford Read Entire Article