{"id":12916,"date":"2018-01-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/shocking-details-revealed-about-driver-behind-boxing-day-horror-smash\/"},"modified":"2018-01-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-01-11T00:00:00","slug":"shocking-details-revealed-about-driver-behind-boxing-day-horror-smash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/shocking-details-revealed-about-driver-behind-boxing-day-horror-smash\/","title":{"rendered":"Shocking Details Revealed About Driver Behind Boxing Day Horror Smash"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The man who smashed into Home and Away actor Jessica Falkholt\u2019s car on Boxing Day, killing her parents and sister and leaving Jessica in a coma, had a disgraceful driving history with more than 60 convictions to his name.<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailytelegraph.com.au\/news\/nsw\/driver-involved-in-boxing-day-crash-that-killed-home-and-away-star-jessica-falkholt-a-banned-driver-habitual-offender\/news-story\/642c0ce650688b325c2cfe72ffa52a16?utm_content=SocialFlow&amp;utm_campaign=EditorialSF&amp;utm_source=DailyTelegraph&amp;utm_medium=Twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Daily Telegraph<\/a> has revealed that Craig Whitall, 50, who also died in the crash, had previously received four jail sentences for traffic offences, one nine-year driving ban and at least 10 convictions for driving while disqualified but was still somehow allowed back behind the wheel.<\/p>\n<p>He was returning from a methadone clinic when he crashed his Toyota Prado into the Falkholt\u2019s family car, the paper reports.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday it was announced that Jessica\u2019s life support had been turned off.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">EXCLUSIVE: Driver in Boxing Day crash involving Home and Away star Jessica Falkholt a banned driver, habitual offender. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U8V9vMTbbJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/U8V9vMTbbJ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/djFkXYZJiI\">pic.twitter.com\/djFkXYZJiI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Daily Telegraph (@dailytelegraph) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dailytelegraph\/status\/951553255158493184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote>&#13;\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The man who smashed into Home and Away actor Jessica Falkholt\u2019s car on Boxing Day, killing her parents and sister and leaving Jessica in a coma, had a disgraceful driving history with more than 60 convictions to his name. 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