A motorcyclist who caused a crash which killed a woman at a pedestrian crossing in Nottingham has been sent to prison for two years.
David Staley had been performing wheelies and riding his Honda motorbike at high speed along Middleton Boulevard on April 21 2015 just before he struck cyclist Sally Shalloe.
Mrs Shalloe was hit as she crossed the road close to the the Crown Island junction at around 7.30am.
Both Mrs Shalloe and Staley had to be taken to the Queen’s Medical Centre following the collision. Mrs Shalloe died shortly after arriving at the emergency department.
Staley was seriously injured in the collision, but witnesses reported seeing the motorbike he was riding travelling at dangerously high speeds, performing wheelies and weaving in and out of traffic just before the crash.
Staley, of Arnold, was charged with causing death by dangerous driving and immediately disqualified from driving.
Google image: The scene of the crash on Middleton Boulevard
He appeared at Nottingham Crown Court in March and pleaded guilty to the charge.
At his sentencing at the same court on Friday he was told that in addition to the two year prison sentence, his driving disqualification would be extended by another five years following his release.
Det Sgt Ged Hazelwood, of the East Midlands Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said: “Staley’s riding behaviour on that morning is absolutely inexplicable. It was idiotic, dangerous and ultimately fatal.
“The impact Sally’s death has had on her family has been dreadful. To have to come to terms with the death of a loved one because of one individual’s stupidity and selfishness is unimaginable.”
