Crash Brought On By Phone Gambler Led To Premature Birth

26 February 2026
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George TorrEast Midlands


A guy who was betting on his phone when he crashed into a cars and truck, causing a pregnant female to deliver too soon, has actually been imprisoned.


Jack Bentley struck a stationary Nissan X-Trail queuing in traffic on the A50 in Hatton, Derbyshire, on 6 April.


Police said the motorist of the Nissan suffered whiplash and the pregnant guest was rushed into medical facility with a fractured hips. Two other kids in the exact same cars and truck suffered injuries while the family's family pet canine was seriously hurt and needed to go through emergency surgical treatment.


Bentley, 30, confessed 2 counts of triggering severe injury by dangerous driving and was jailed for 28 months at Derby Crown Court and banned from driving for 38 months.


After the crash the pregnant lady had to go through an emergency Caesarean section, leaving her premature baby in extensive take care of a variety of weeks, when she suffered 2 collapsed lungs.


The child later on made a recovery and had the ability to go home.


Derbyshire Police stated Bentley, of Meadow Way, Derby, had been travelling home from Blackpool when the crash happened at 18:45 BST.


A chauffeur in the left-hand lane captured the footage on her dashcam, which was used as proof.


Bentley, driving in the right-hand lane, did not see the stationary traffic and crashed without changing his speed, cops stated.


He was seen previously veering into the lawn brink of the eastbound carriageway in between junctions 6 and 5, in addition to swerving in between lanes.


Bentley was arrested at the scene. Analysis of his following the crash showed he had been utilizing his phone while driving, going to online gambling sites, the force said.


'Missed early moments'


In a victim effect statement, the mom said: "I required an emergency Caesarean due to my baby being in distress. I discovered this extremely terrible and didn't want my baby to be born like that which early.


"My child was born without skin-to-skin contact and me and my partner needed to wait to see her.


"When you have a child you expect to be in a bubble with your partner and newborn infant but we were separated throughout three wards in the health center and lost out on so much in those early minutes.


"No mother or dad must have to go through this.


"The next 3 weeks we spent in hospital getting our child strong enough to come home."


Following sentencing on 11 February, PC Richard Morris, from Derbyshire Police, stated: "This was a terrible display of driving by Bentley, who spent most of his journey distracted by being on his phone.


"I understand that the physical, psychological and psychological injury from this event continues to influence on this family, who were simply heading out their day when this completely avoidable accident occurred."


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