Banned driver admits killing two in head-on crash

Summarised from 4 outlets · Updated 2 Nov, 14:22 · Archive

Kevin Hooton has pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving while disqualified and uninsured on the A66 in Cumbria.

Kevin Hooton, 42 from Liverpool, has pleaded guilty to causing the deaths of two people in a head-on collision on the A66 near Broughton Cross, west of Cockermouth, on 12 July 2025. Abby Storey, a 35-year-old sales assistant from Workington, and Marty Roberts, a 34-year-old rail maintenance worker from Merseyside, both died from chest injuries sustained in the crash.

Hooton was driving an Audi A3 westbound when he crossed fully into the eastbound carriageway and collided with a black Ford Focus. Storey was a front seat passenger in the Ford Focus, which was being driven by her partner Andrew Holding. Roberts was a front seat passenger in Hooton's vehicle. Holding sustained serious injuries in the collision.

Hooton, who held a driving ban and was uninsured, was found to be over the prescribed drug limit following the crash. He is a previously convicted heroin and crack cocaine dealer. At court, he pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving, causing death by careless driving when unfit through drugs, and causing serious injury by dangerous driving. Hooton, who was also badly hurt in the crash, was remanded in custody and will be sentenced on 21 December.

How it is being reported

• Banned drug-driver admits killing two and badly injuring another in Cumbria crashA MOTORIST has admitted his dangerous driving, while uninsured and disqualified, killed two people including a mum-of-three following a horror head-on crash on the A66 in West Cumbria.NW Evening Mail · 2 Nov, 15:25
• Banned drug-driver admits killing two and badly injuring another in Cumbria crashA MOTORIST has admitted his dangerous driving, while uninsured and disqualified, killed two people including a mum-of-three following a horror head-on crash on the A66 in West Cumbria.Westmorland Gazette · 2 Nov, 15:25
• Banned drug-driver admits killing two and badly injuring another in A66 horror crashA MOTORIST has admitted his dangerous driving, while uninsured and disqualified, killed two people including a mum-of-three following a horror head-on crash on the A66 in West Cumbria.News & Star · 2 Nov, 13:52
• Banned drug-driver admits killing two in crashKevin Hooton, from Liverpool, pleads guilty to causing death by dangerous driving.BBC Cumbria · 2 Nov, 13:15

In this story: Kevin Hooton · Abby Storey · Marty Roberts · Andrew Holding · A66 · Cockermouth · Carlisle Crown Court

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