Theresa May MP seeks justice for three people killed by dangerous drivers

Cookham resident Ciara Lee, the widow of Eddy Lee, a 46-year-old father who was killed in a crash on the M4 in July 2018, praised Maidenhead MP Mrs May for speaking in Parliament on July 21 about the need to increase prison sentences for those who cause death by dangerous driving.

The MP mentioned three of her constituents who were all killed by dangerous drivers – Mr Lee, 13-year-old Max Simmons who was hit and killed by a Wooburn Green driver as he crossed the road on December 21 last year, and Bryony Hollands, from Maidenhead, who was killed in Sheffield in 2015.

Mrs Lee, a prominent road safety campaigner and journalist, said: “Thank you Theresa May for not only tabling the death by dangerous driving bill, but for saying the names of your constituents who were needlessly killed. Eddy. Bryony. Max. Three young lives lost.”

Speaking to fellow MPs in the Commons on Tuesday, Mrs May said the maximum sentence for causing death by dangerous driving should be increased from the present 14 years to life.