Coked-up company boss killed woman in horror smash

A COMPANY director who had taken cocaine killed a woman in a horrific car smash.

- By Grant McCabe

Christopher Lynn was behind the wheel of his Ford Ranger pickup when he ploughed into the back of a vehicle driven by Yvonne Nichol.

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The impact sent her Vauxhall Astra into the path of on an oncoming car.

Yvonne, who was 64, was fatally injured in the crash on the A7 Edinburgh-Carlisle road near Ashkirk in the Borders in August 2023.

Yesterday, the 32-year-old first offender pleaded guilty at the High Court in Glasgow to a charge of causing death by dangerous driving.

He faces a lengthy jail term when he is sentenced later this month.