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Truck Driver Avoids Jail After Causing Multi-Car Crash in Adelaide

A sixty-four-year-old truck driver from Queensland, Ross Hicks, avoided jail after causing a multi-car crash on Adelaides South Eastern Freeway. Hicks, on his first trip to the city, shifted into the wrong gear at the start of the steep descent, causing the truck to accelerate to ninety-three kilometers per hour. Despite brakes failing, Hicks missed safety arrester beds and slammed into cars at a major intersection, injuring several people. Hicks pleaded guilty to nine charges of causing harm by dangerous driving and received a suspended three-year prison term, a two-year good behaviour bond, and a two-year driving ban. He also developed post-traumatic stress disorder afterward.

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