Minibus driver James Johnson has been jailed for six years and eight months for causing the M62 hen party coach crash.
Bethany Jones, 18, died in the crash which happened when she and friends and family were on their way to a hen party.
A jury's heard how Kevin Ollerhead, the driver involved in the M62 hen party coach crash, is a changed man since the crash.
Mr. Ollerhead , 45, denies causing the death of eighteen year old Bethany Jones by dangerous driving .
His sister in law Olive Ollerhead told Leeds Crown Court that since the crash he was a totally different person - "very similar to someone who is brain damaged."
A friend, Paul White , a fellow HGV driver, said Mr. Ollerhead's driving record was impeccable.
Mr. Ollerhead's lorry ploughed into the back of a minibus carrying Bethany and her friends and family to hen weekend in Liverpool in April last year .
The minibus had been going as slow as less than six miles an hour on the inside lane because of clutch problems.
The minibus driver James Johnson has pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving.
Mr. Ollerhead's trial is continuing.
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