Get all your news in one place.
100’s of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Holly Patrick

Lorry driver who claimed coughing caused fatal crash caught out by dashcam audio

A lorry driver's claim that a coughing fit caused him to drift onto the wrong side of the road and crash head-on into another HGV was exposed due to his dashcam audio.

Footage from BBC series The Crash Detectives showed Mariusz Korkosz's vehicle colliding with a lorry driven by Gary Rees, who later died, in Caerphilly.

Korkosz claimed he was coughing violently, which made him "black out" and become disoriented. Dashcam audio, which Korkosz did not realise was recording, only captured him swearing before the impact.

He was jailed for 20 weeks following the collision in July 2022.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100’s of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.