The driver of a truck that hit and killed an elderly man on the Hume Highway near Yass in March last year has been sentenced to over two years in prison.
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On March 11, 2015, an 83-year-old Queensland man was killed in a crash at the Mantons Ridge intersection.
He was standing near the path of oncoming traffic speaking with the driver of a second car when he was hit by the B-double truck. He died at the scene.
ACT man Gerard Degroot was arrested and charged with three offences on June 18, 2015.
The 47-year-old faced the Queanbeyan Court House today (May 27) charged with dangerous driving occasioning death, driving under the influence of illegal drugs and negligent driving.
He pleaded guilty and Judge Phillip Mahony sentenced him to two years and three months imprisonment with a non parole period of 15 months.