Banned Yorkshire driver jailed after killing 93-year-old man in hit-and-run

A banned driver from Yorkshire has been jailed for killing a 93-year-old man in a crash in the Peak District.
By Rahmah Ghazali
Published 23rd May 2022, 11:59 BST

Neil Tait, aged 44, who was disqualified from driving and uninsured at the time of the crash, ploughed the Seat Leon he was driving head-on into a Ford Fiesta on the B6012 in Edensor in July 2019 shortly after he approached a blind bend at speed.

The driver of the Fiesta, a woman in her 60s, and her 93-year-old father, who was a passenger, were both seriously injured. The elderly man died in hospital five days later.

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Tait, of Reney Avenue, Greenhill, in Sheffield, fled the scene immediately after hitting the Ford Fiesta and was arrested two days later.

Neil Tait fled the scene immediately after hitting the Ford Fiesta and was arrested two days later.Neil Tait fled the scene immediately after hitting the Ford Fiesta and was arrested two days later.
Neil Tait fled the scene immediately after hitting the Ford Fiesta and was arrested two days later.

He was summonsed to court and denied charges of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and causing death by dangerous driving.

He stood trial and found guilty by a jury, before being sentenced at Derby Crown Court on May 13.