Darryl James Andrews: 53-year-old pleads guilty after fatal collision between tractor and cement truck

A man will be sentenced over a fatal crash in Yuna that killed a cement truck driver in 2022 after changing his plea days before the trial was set to begin. Darryl James Andrews, 53, was scheduled to start a three-day trial in the Geraldton District Court on Monday after pleading not guilty to one charge of dangerous driving occasioning death in August 2022. Instead, Andrews pleaded guilty to dangerous driving in circumstances which subsequently resulted in a death and the matter was adjourned for sentencing. The horrific crash unfolded about 5.20am on April 28, 2022. Police previously said Andrews was driving a tractor towing a seeder on Chapman Valley Road near Nobla-Rockwell and Balla-Whelarra roads when it collided with a cement truck. The 51-year-old driver of the cement truck received critical injuries and died at the scene, while a 20-year-old female passenger was taken to Geraldton Health Campus and treated for shock. Police launched an investigation to determine whether the tractor’s load was oversize. Andrews will be sentenced in Geraldton District Court on Monday, September 16.