A “perfect storm” of conditions led to the death of a great grandmother after a car crash, a court has heard.
Ronald Maloney, 38, of York Road, Crosby, appeared at Liverpool Magistrates' Court for causing death by careless driving of Margaret Hardacre. Leanne Kennedy, prosecuting, detailed that on December 4, 2021, at 12.15pm, Maloney was driving a Ford Galaxy and was stationary at traffic lights at the junction between Dunnings Bridge Road and Park Lane West, Bootle.
Ms Kennedy said there was a red traffic light diagonally opposite to Maloney, plus another ahead of him, and a filter light to his left. However, due to wind or a knock from another vehicle, the filter light to his left had turned 90 degrees so it was facing Maloney directly.
