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'Reckless' tractor driver 'who just wanted to get home' handed 12-month ban

Dashcam footage caught tractor tractor veering across traffic before mounting centra reservation

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Jack Hesketh was arrested after dashcam footage revealed how a Massey Ferguson tractor driven by Mr Hesketh veered along the A59 in Preston. Credit Preston Police.
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Jack Hesketh was arrested after dashcam footage revealed how a Massey Ferguson tractor driven by Mr Hesketh veered along the A59 in Preston. Credit Preston Police.

The driver of a tractor which veered across a Lancashire city centre carriageway before mounting the central reservation has been banned for 12 months and forced to pay more than £1,000 in fines. Jack...

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