US EditionBoy, 14, died 'in terror' after cocaine-fuelled dad crashed van - Liverpool Echo
LANCASTER, LANCASHIRE, AUG 5 – Daniel Burba drove four times over the drug limit despite medical warnings, causing a fatal crash that killed his 14-year-old son and closed the M6 motorway for hours.
- In Preston Crown Court on August 5, Daniel Burba, of Arnside Crescent, Morecambe, was jailed for 10 years for causing his son's death by dangerous driving.
- In a crash on the M6 near Lancaster, Daniel Burba was four times over the legal drug-drive limit when his epileptic seizure caused his son, Ryan Morgan, to die 'in terror' on April 20.
- Earlier this year, witnesses reported Daniel Burba driving erratically with hazard lights on after his GP warned him in October 2014 to stop taking cocaine and received a hospital warning in February.
- The incident, Sergeant Martin Wilcock said, led to the motorway's closure for investigation; he warned drivers against ignoring medical advice or drug use before driving.
- The ruling states Daniel Burba is disqualified from driving for fourteen years and five months, and must pass an extended re-test before regaining any licence.
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WTX NewsDrug-driving father Daniel Burba jailed for 10 years after his teenage son dies in M6 crash
Ryan, 14, was pronounced dead at the scene after Burba, who was four times above the legal drug-drive limit, lost control of his wife's van and swerved off the M6 near Lancaster before hitting a tree in April.
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