RAF Croughton
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| Area | 278 |
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| Operator | United States Air Force |
| Year built | 1938 |
| In use | Royal Air Force |
| US Air Force | |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 2952693 |
About RAF Croughton
Royal Air Force Croughton or more simply RAF Croughton is a Royal Air Force station which is currently a United States Air Force communications station in Northamptonshire, England. It is southeast of the village of Croughton.
Harry Dunn: Justice for family three years after crash death
... On 27 August 2019, he died in a crash near Raf Croughton, Northamptonshire, after US national Anne Sacoolas s car struck his motorbike moments after she left the base...
Harry Dunn: Anne Sacoolas gets suspended jail term for fatal crash
... Prosecutor Duncan Atkinson KC told the court that on 27 August 2019, Sacoolas turned out of Raf Croughton and drove 350 metres (1,148ft) on the wrong side of the road for 26 seconds...
Harry Dunn: US driver will not attend sentencing in person
... Sacoolas was driving on the wrong side of the road near Raf Croughton, a US air base in Northamptonshire, when she crashed her Volvo and killed the motorcyclist in August 2019...
'Harry Dunn had to be household name for justice,' says mother
... " On 27 August 2019, US citizen Sacoolas turned out of Raf Croughton and drove on the wrong side of the road for more than 20 seconds...
Harry Dunn: Parents hoping to rebuild their lives after guilty plea
... On 27 August 2019, Sacoolas turned out of Raf Croughton and drove on the wrong side of the road for more than 20 seconds...
Harry Dunn: Anne Sacoolas admits causing crash death
... Sacoolas had turned out of Raf Croughton and then driven 350 metres (1148ft) on the wrong side of the road for over 20 seconds...
Harry Dunn crash: Anne Sacoolas appears in court
... Mrs Sacoolas had diplomatic immunity asserted on her behalf by the US administration following the collision near Raf Croughton and left the UK 19 days later...
Richard Morris: Diplomat was stressed before death, inquest hears
... He was assigned to a case that caused a diplomatic incident with the US - that of 19-year-old Harry Dunn, who was killed when a car crashed into his motorbike outside Raf Croughton in Northamptonshire...
Harry Dunn: Anne Sacoolas admits causing crash death
A US citizen has admitted being responsible for the death of teenage motorcyclist Harry Dunn in a case that caused a diplomatic row between the US and British governments.
Anne Sacoolas, 45, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey, via videolink, to causing the 19-year-old's death by careless driving.
Mr Dunn died following a collision outside a US military base in Northamptonshire in August 2019.
Judge Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb said Sacoolas would be sentenced at The End of November.
" I direct that Mrs Sacoolas attends court In Person to be sentenced, " The Judge added.
She was charged with causing death by Dangerous Driving but The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) accepted her guilty plea to the lesser charge.
Death by careless driving carries a maximum sentence of five years imprisonment but a community punishment or suspended jail sentence is often given.
Sacoolas had turned out of Raf Croughton And Then driven 350 metres (1148ft) on the wrong side of The Road for over 20 seconds.
She hit Mr Dunn who was driving on his motorbike on the correct side of The Road .
Sacoolas had Diplomatic Immunity asserted on her behalf by the US administration following the collision near Raf Croughton . She left the UK 19 days later.
Source of news: bbc.com
