Jury retires in death crash case

Flt Lt Neville Rees, his wife Karen and their son Andrew all died

The jury has retired in the trial at Lincoln Crown Court of a lorry driver accused of killing three members of a Lincolnshire family.

Flt Lt Neville Rees, 43, his wife Karen, 41, and their son Andrew, 11, died in the crash near RAF Cranwell.

Neil Margerison, 23, of Ribchester Road, Clayton-Le-Dale, Blackburn, has denied causing the deaths by dangerous driving of the family in January 2006.

The HGV he was driving crashed into a line of stationary traffic on the A15.

Flt Lt Rees' car was squashed between two lorries and was left so crushed some witnesses did not even know it was there.

Neil Margerison said during the trial that he had sneezed just before the collision, but the prosecution insisted he had simply not been paying attention.

He claims a "small mistake" prevented him from stopping his lorry.

The family's older son, David, 14, was with friends at the time of the accident.