A grieving dad is urging drivers not to use their phones behind the wheel after his son was killed in horror crash - by a motorist who 'checked Facebook'. Andy O'Dell's son, Joe Cairns, 14, who lived in Radcliffe, was killed when HGV driver James Majury ploughed into a school minibus on the M58 in Lancashire in January 2019. Majury - who had been using his phone throughout his journey - also killed support worker Anne Kerr, 50, and injured five others in the collision.
(Image: Andy O'Dell / SWNS) He was jailed for eight years and 10 months for death by dangerous driving offences and two years and eight months for the causing serious injury offences. Dad-of-three Andy, 55, says his son's death was "totally preventable" and is now urging motorists to "think twice" before using their phones while driving. Andy, a support worker for adults with learning difficulties, said: "I lost my whole world because of James Majury's selfish actions.
"If he'd been paying attention while behind the wheel, Joe would still be here today. "But he was robbed of a future, and we were robbed of the memories that we should have been able to make with our boy." Andy described his son as "a cheeky chappy" who loved telling jokes.
Joe was diagnosed with autism at 10 years old but was starting to come to terms with his neurodiversity and was settling in well at his new school, Pontville School in Ormskirk, Lancashire. Joe loved pugs and he dreamed of one day being a dog walker . Andy said: "He was just s.