前 AFL 球员香农·考克斯 （Shannon Cox） 因 2024 年造成两名妇女死亡的车祸而被判处 10.5 年徒刑;他吸食了大量冰毒并且感到疲劳。 Former AFL player Shannon Cox sentenced to 10.5 years for 2024 crash that killed two women; he was high on meth and fatigued.

前科林伍德AFL球员39岁的Shannon Cox因在西澳大利亚的Brand高速公路上发生的车祸被判处10年半的监禁,这起事故造成两名老年妇女Thelma Clausen (82岁) 和Coral Seinor (83岁) 死亡,他们正在前往乡村妇女协会的活动. Former Collingwood AFL player Shannon Cox, 39, was sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison for a 2024 head-on crash on Western Australia’s Brand Highway that killed two elderly women, Thelma Clausen, 82, and Coral Seinor, 83, who were en route to a Country Women’s Association event. 考克斯的体内含有甲基苯丙胺并且感到疲劳，他在微睡后转向迎面而来的车辆，撞上了一辆卡车拖车，然后与女子的汽车相撞。 Cox, who had methamphetamine in his system and was fatigued, veered into oncoming traffic after a microsleep, striking a truck trailer before colliding with the women’s car. 他以前曾因在甲基安非他明影响下驾车而被定罪,是根据基于社区的命令被定罪,并因使用毒品而违反保释。 He had prior convictions for driving under the influence of meth, was on a community-based order, and had breached bail by using drugs. Cox对两项过失杀人罪认罪。 Cox pleaded guilty to two counts of manslaughter. 受害者家属认为损失是毁灭性的,有一个女儿说她的母亲是“家庭的心 ” 。 Stephen Lemonis法官提到了Cox长期吸毒和屡次犯罪的历史,并说死亡是可以预防的。 The victims’ families described the loss as devastating, with one daughter saying her mother was the “heart of the family.” Judge Stephen Lemonis noted Cox’s long history of addiction and repeated offenses, stating the deaths were preventable. Cox必须在获得假释资格之前至少服务8年半,并面临4年的驾驶禁令。 Cox must serve at least 8½ years before parole eligibility and faces a four-year driving ban.