NSW: Driving error that killed five people "at low end of scale"

AAP General News (Australia)
04-30-2010
NSW: Driving error that killed five people "at low end of scale"

The lawyer for a driver charged over a crash which killed five people says his client
should be given a good behaviour bond .. because the cause of the collision was minimal
.. despite the catastrophic consequences.

68-year-old RONALD JARAY has pleaded guilty to one count of negligent driving causing
death .. over the crash in Picton in December last year.

The court heard he overtook a convoy of three cars .. clipping the front car .. forcing
it to spin onto the other side of the road .. where it was hit by a water tanker.

A married couple .. their infant son and two cousins were killed instantly .. but JARAY'S
lawyer .. SHANE MCANULTY .. says it was a case of momentary inattention.

Mr MCANULTY says his client had written the victims' family a letter .. and was very remorseful.

He'll be sentenced next month.

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KEYWORD: JARAY (SYDNEY)

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