A driver who caused the tragic deaths of a couple aged in their 20s due to careless driving has been sentenced to 16 months, suspended for 12 months, at Swansea Crown Court.
Alexander MacCallum, aged 28, of Llanreath in Pembroke Dock, was also banned from driving for 18 months and must complete 200 hours of unpaid work. He previously admitted to two counts of causing death by careless driving at the same court on 9 February this year.
The conviction relates to an incident at 3.50pm on 13 June 2024, when a two vehicle road traffic collision took place on the A477 near to Llanddowror. A Jaguar XK R vehicle, driven by MacCallum, lost control in wet conditions before crossing the carriageway and colliding with a Ford Fiesta driven by 27-year-old Adam Muskett and his partner Katie Worrell, aged 25 as a passenger.
Adam tragically died at the scene, and Katie was taken to hospital with catastrophic injuries where she sadly died later the same day.
Both the families of Adam and Katie have issued the following statement: “We would like to thank the Emergency Services who attended that fateful day and the people who stopped to help Katie and Adam, we are forever grateful to them.
“We recognise the sentence of the court, but there is no sentence that will ever bring our children and siblings back. We appreciate the work of Dyfed-Powys Police and the Crown Prosecution Service to secure a conviction.
“Adam and Katie’s deaths were unnecessary, had the defendant not driven his car in the manner that he did they would still be with us.
“We now wish for privacy after what has been a long and difficult journey to the conclusion of this prosecution.
“We urge everyone to consider the manner and speed in which they drive their vehicles.”
