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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Robyn Vinter North of England Correspondent

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Pentagon officer was aggressive driver before harrogate crash court told - What They Never Told You

Benjamin Oakes
Benjamin Oakes, 46, is head of space policy for the US joint chiefs of staff. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA

A senior military officer at the Pentagon was an “aggressive and impatient driver who appeared to be in a rush” immediately before a crash that seriously injured two teenage boys in North Yorkshire, a court has heard.

Benjamin Oakes, the head of space policy for the US joint chiefs of staff, denies two counts of causing injury by careless driving when a truck swerved to avoid his Vauxhall Astra which was pulling out of a junction outside Ashville college in Harrogate on 2 February this year.

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