Evidence showed Daniaal Iqbal had sent a message 20 seconds before the accident. Daniaal Iqbal (Image credit: North Yorkshire Police)By: Chandrashekar BhatA law student from Bradford whose dangerous driving while using Snapchat caused the death of a biker has been jailed for three and a half years.Daniaal Iqbal, 23, who was also working as an Amazon delivery driver when the fatal accident took place in September 2019 is banned from driving for 45 months.He was driving a Ford Transit van round a bend when he collided with Peter Rushforth from Ripon who was riding his Suzuki motorbike.Rushforth, 56, died instantly. Iqbal was arrested and the data extracted from his phone showed he had sent messages to his girlfriend and another person on Snapchat while the van was moving. He had sent a message 20 seconds before the crash took place on Kirkby Road in Ripon.York Crown Court heard that Amazon had not provided Iqbal with a cradle for the phone to use the device hands-free, as he was also using a navigation app to find a petrol station when the accident occurred.Major Collision Investigation Team’s detective sergeant Kirsten Aldridge said Iqbal denied any responsibility for the crash but there was
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Amazon delivery driver who killed biker while using Snapchat jailed – EasternEye
