Tears and shame
What Meg Williamson and Lewis Stratford said to each other
Stratford, who started the conversation, said: “I know I’ve caused a lot of pain for a lot of people with something that could have waited till the next day.
“I know what I’ve done. I know the lives I’ve ruined, I’ve ruined a lot of people’s lives, happiness. I deserve everything I get from whatever comes now. Hate. Anger.
“I am sorry but I can’t keep saying sorry because I know people don’t want to hear – sorry’s not going to make things better. Ever.”
Added: “He was just going to work, it makes me feel horrible.”
He went on to ask: “Are you angry at me?” Shaking her head and crying, she replied: “A little bit but then so many people do it, so many people.
“But it was a stupid mistake. I don’t want to hate you forever. I’m not that type of person.
“And eventually I’ll probably be able to forgive you. But I just needed some questions answering first.”
When asked by Miss Williamson what he would tell someone considering using their mobile when driving Stratford replied: “Don’t do it because picking up a phone, no matter how nice you are, good you are, actions like this can happen to anyone on the road by using a phone.
“It is something I have got to learn from, something I have got to pay a price for.”
He added: “When people hear about this they just assume automatically that I am some person who hasn’t got on with life and just causes trouble day in day out, but I know I’m not that guy.
“I have been brought up well, I have never had a bad upbringing, I have no excuse for what has happened so I just want to say sorry for everything.”