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A motorist who caused the deaths of two elderly women in a crash sobbed in the dock as a friend of his victim's family read a harrowing statement about the impact of their deaths.

Daniel Cartmell, 25, of Caunce Street, Blackpool, had cocaine and cannabis in his body, and had only got his licence back eight weeks earlier, after a previous drink driving conviction.

However, the authorities could not prove whether the presence of drugs in his system contributed to the crash, Preston Crown Court was told, so it had to be disregarded by the court.

Mum-of-four Daphne Ball and friend Angela Murphy, who were both in their 70s, died from their injuries after Cartmell's Seat Ibiza crossed onto the wrong side of the road and crashed head-on into Mrs Murphy's Volkswagen Up.

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