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.
Leeds Crown Court has heard how James Johnson, the driver involved in the M62 hen party coach crash had a history of health problems .
The 64-year-old had previously suffered from two "mini strokes" but maintained he was fit to drive on the day of the accident .
It emerged today that he had suffered one of those strokes while driving a minibus on the M62 almost two years previously.
Johnson , who has admitted causing the death of 18-year-old Bethany Jones by dangerous driving is due to be sentenced later today.
Bethany was killed and many of her friends and family were injured when Johnson's coach, travelling at a snail's pace in the slow lane, was hit from behind by a lorry.
Johnson had carried on driving the coach even though the clutch was burning out. The case is continuing.
The court has heard how a disaster was averted in June 2011 when Johnson suffered a stroke at the wheel.
He was driving a a group of nurses from Manchester to Bradford when he started to veer off the road .
One of the nurses grabbed the handbrake and stopped the vehicle .
At around 11pm on Friday night police were called to Darley Avenue in Athersley to reports that a man had been stabbed.
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