By County Press Reporter
A TOTLAND woman has been jailed for a driving error which killed a teenage motorcyclist.
Rachael Simmonds, 23, of Hurst View Point, Totland Bay, was driving along the Newport to Freshwater middle road on July 8 last year when she pulled out to overtake a car and collided head on with an oncoming motorbike, being ridden by 17-year-old Tom Rees, of Newport.
His family was in court today (Friday) when Simmonds was jailed for eight months and banned from driving for two years.
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The Island is more breast-feeding friendly than ever before and a new campaign is highlighting the fact. Pictured are, from left, Jane Barrett-Bellingham of the National Childbirth Trust, head of midwifery at St Mary’s, Annie Hunter, and Carla Bradshaw, of the NCT.Picture by JENNIFER BURTON.
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