Paul Power, 66, admitted to police he may not have been looking at the road when he drove his VW Passat into a broken-down Citroen Saxo near the Stag roundabout at Attleborough.

Norwich Crown Court heard he had been distracted after placing his car into cruise control moments before the crash just before 10pm on August 14 last year.

He ploughed into the stationary car at 60mph leaving a 79-year-old man, who was trying to fix a puncture, fighting for his life after suffering multiple serious injuries, including skull and spinal fractures.

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