A lorry driver who fled to Turkey after he drove into the back of a car on the M1 and killed the passenger has now been jailed for more than four years.
Fethi Kavas was extradited from Bulgaria back to the UK in February this year after a red notice was issued by Interpol for his arrest in 2023.
The 64-year-old HGV driver fled to Turkey in 2018 after a collision where he drove his vehicle into the back of two stationary cars on the M1 southbound just before junction 17.
David Levett, a 53-year-old vulnerable man, was a passenger in the back of one of the cars. He was taken to hospital but died of his injuries just under a month later.
Northamptonshire police said a 45-year-old man also suffered serious injuries as a result of the collision.
Kavas was arrested at the scene but he later travelled to Turkey as the investigation progressed and never came back to answer to the charges of causing death by dangerous driving and causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
After pleading guilty to the offences at Northampton Crown Court, he was sentenced to four years and four months in prison.
Lead investigator detective sergeant Janette Maitland said: “No sentence will make up for the loss of David Levett. He was a much-loved brother and son.”
