Driver avoids prison after fatal crash on A-road
BBCA woman who admitted to causing the death of another driver through dangerous driving has avoided being sent to prison.
Deepa Sherchan, 39, of Blandamour Way, Bristol, was involved in a crash that killed Victoria Bellamy, aged in her 40s and from Cirencester, on the A417 near Birdlip, Gloucestershire, on 10 May 2023.
At Gloucester Crown Court on Thursday, Sherchan was sentenced to 21 months in prison, suspended for two years.
Sherchan was also fined £2,000 and disqualified from driving for five years.
Bellamy was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which emergency services were called to at about 21:00 BST on 10 May 2023.
The crash involved two cars and saw the A417 closed between Burford Road and the Air Balloon Roundabout.
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