PREVIEW

The shocking moment a Mercedes-driving dental nurse collided with a motorcyclist and his passenger was caught on camera.
Halle Bae Osborne-Holland pulled out of a petrol station in her prized vehicle without looking to see if anything was coming.
Video footage caught the moment the 22-year-old turned left onto London Road, Swanley, on August 28 last year - colliding with Christopher Collins and Rebecca Good.
The pair were left seriously hurt, with passenger Miss Good airlifted to a London hospital for specialist medical care.
Medway Magistrates’ Court heard how Mr Collins couldn’t work for an extended time and now says the incident has destroyed his confidence.
Student Miss Good had to defer her university graduation for a year because the injuries, including a fractured thigh bone, meant she had to miss essential lectures.
Osborne-Holland, of Gorse Road, Strood, admitted two counts of causing serious injury by careless driving when she appeared on July 7.
Victoria Aked, prosecuting, said: “The starting point is 26 weeks’ custody; she’s pleaded guilty at the first opportunity; she’s got no previous convictions.
“She was not looking where she was going and pulled out of a junction and hit a motorbike and the rider and his passenger were thrown over the bike.”
Ms Aked added: “She passed her test in January 2023, so she had been driving two-and-a-half years at the time of the incident and she was driving a Mercedes; it’s a nice car.
“The victims, well, Mr Collins is 22 and Miss Good was 21 and a student; it’s had quite a great impact on her life.”
At the 4pm time of the crash, Mr Collins, who had five years’ riding experience, and his then partner had full body leathers and crash helmets on.
Ms Aked read out his victim impact statement in which he remembered travelling towards Swanley when he reached a red light.
He then slowly progressed to the front of the traffic on his Honda waiting for it to change colour.
He said: “I had a bright red bike and at the time it had a loud exhaust. I saw the Mercedes and it pulled out and she didn’t hesitate or stop.
“She was looking the wrong way, and I saw her pull straight out. There was no indication, and I tried to swerve, but she was looking the wrong way.
“She continued out of the junction and then my mind goes blank; I think I passed out. I woke up lying on my back in pain, shouting for help.
“I could see Rebecca stuck under a white [VW] Polo and her body was contorted; we both went over the handlebars.”
The court also heard how members of the public managed to lift the car away from Miss Good before she was airlifted to King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill.
Mr Collins, who was taken to the same hospital via land ambulance, suffered a serious hematoma in one of his legs, which had filled with blood.
He had to have two incisions to allow the area to drain, which left him with two open wounds.
One was closed during another operation about eight days later, but the other was open longer.
The biker had to undergo a third surgical procedure to close it - he’s been left with a scar from his ankle to his knee.
In his statement, Mr Collins added: “I had to have a month off work, and I can’t sleep at night.
“The confidence I gained in the five years I was riding has been taken away in five seconds. I no longer have a bike and feel a prisoner in my own home.”
Magistrates were also told Miss Good, who didn’t remember the smash itself, had to have splints on her leg.
Her recovery had a huge effect on her studies as she had so many hospital appointments to attend, and could only attend online lectures.
In her victim impact statement, she said: “My leg is now recovering well, but I have not driven my own car; I can get in my mum’s car.
“I have had part of my independence taken away from me because I’m not in my own car.”
Ms Aked added: “It’s obvious [ Osborne-Holland] didn’t take a second to stop when she left the forecourt; [Mr Collins] saw the back of her head. She didn’t think of anyone; they could be dead today.”
The bench was also told Osborne-Holland had a clean driving licence and the probation service recommended she be punished by way of a community order.
Matthew Coxall, defending, said his client’s driving had never been dangerous, but that she accepted she should have seen the bike.
He added: “She looked right and then looked left, but she didn’t look right again, and no one was speeding; she should have stopped at the line.
“The car was on finance; she’s not had a parking ticket or a speeding ticket [since she learned how to drive] and she was not on her phone; she just didn’t look properly.
“It was slow-moving traffic, and she didn’t drive off without a care in the world. She stayed and everything was negative [drug and alcohol tests].
“I’ve seen her three times and she’s always in tears. She’s so remorseful for what she’d done to those people.
“She’s a dental nurse and works in Sevenoaks, and she will have to get there [without a car], and that’s the consequence of not looking properly and she didn’t stop; that’s why it is careless driving.
“She loved her car, it was spotless, and a 12-month ban is appropriate.”
Magistrates agreed and disqualified Osborne-Holland from driving for a year, also placing her on a 12-month community order, which will involve her carrying out 100 hours of unpaid work.
She was also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £114 and £85 court costs.