Quad biker who caused death of girlfriend in crash avoids jail term
A TEENAGE biker who caused the death of his 16-year-old girlfriend by driving carelessly has walked from court with a 12-month community order.
Norman Diego Maradona Frost had crashed his quad bike into an oncoming car after losing control on a bend.
The 19-year-old then drove off leaving pillion passenger Tara Dawson, who died in hospital four days later, by the roadside.
Frost, who had admitted causing death by careless driving, was yesterday cleared of the more serious charge of causing death by dangerous driving.
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Quad biker on trial over crash which killed girlfriend
SPEEDING teenage biker Norman Frost crashed into a car and then drove off leaving his 16-year-old girlfriend injured in the road, a court heard.
The impact threw Frost and pillion passenger Tara Dawson off his quad bike as he lost control on a bend, Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard.
But the jury was told that Frost left Tara at the crash scene, got back on his bike and drove four miles to his Goldenhill home.
Tara, who also lived in Goldenhill, was taken to the University Hospital of North Staffordshire where she died four days later.
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