A nurse whose husband was one of two people killed in central Queensland crash has told a truck driver he took away her family's 'extraordinary man' in an instant.
Timothy Lee Wilson has been jailed for four-and-a-half years for causing the deaths of nurse Ray Wyeth and his patient Martyn House .A truck driver who crashed into a parked ambulance in central Queensland and killed two people has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison.
Mr Wyeth's wife Jennifer read her victim impact statement in court where she addressed 24-year-old Wilson directly. "With the loss of Ray, doesn't have a father to mentor him and he continues to struggle with the loss of his dad," she said.She said the morning he died, Mr Wyeth had been excitingly planning two trips for his son and four grandchildren — one to a theme park on the Gold Coast, and the other to K'Gari .
"Many people use our roadways every day, they are entitled to presume others will exercise proper precautions," he said.He told the court he had minor physical injuries but his life had "changed forever"."The mental scars are still there every second of the day and doesn't seem to be getting better," he said.
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