A 72-year-old woman has been fined and banned from driving for 12 months following the death of her passenger on the A17 near Heckington.

Court details have now been released recording that Sheila Lewis, 72, of Magna Crescent, Great Hale, was accused of causing death by careless driving and appeared at Lincolns Magistrates’ Court on November 27, 2025.

It followed an investigation into a collision on the A17 near Heckington on August 23, 2024 which sadly led to the death of her 89-year-old woman passenger the following day.

She pleaded guilty at her first opportunity to driving a vehicle, namely a Ford Fiesta, at the junction of the B1394 and the A17, without due care and attention.

Lewis was disqualified from driving for 12 months and fined £320.

No order was made for costs but she was also ordered to pay a £128 victim surcharge.