Skipton
Tragedy as family dies in lorry crash involving children today
Family of lorry crash man feared he would never walk, talk or see again
The family of a young man who suffered a traumatic brain injury when a car he was a passenger in crashed with a lorry feared he would never see, walk or talk again.
Oliver Stevens was left with brain damage, several fractures to his skull, paralysis down his left side, broken ribs and collarbone, and damage to his vision and hearing, after a horrific crash in West Marton, near Skipton, North Yorkshire.
Oliver, from Barnoldswick, was 21 when his friend’s car crashed with a 40-tonne articulated lorry at around 9:30 am at crossroads on the A59.