Hugh Campion, 71, denies causing three deaths in A36 crash last year

Paul JonesSeptember 17, 20260 Comment0

A 71-YEAR-OLD man has denied causing three deaths by dangerous driving in a crash in Wiltshire last year.

Hugh Campion, of Malthouse Yard, Upton Scudamore, denied three counts of causing death dangerous driving and one count of causing serious injury by dangerous driving in relation to a crash on the A36 at Knook last year.

The crash claimed the lives of three people.

At Salisbury Crown Court yesterday (September 16) Campion pleaded not guilty to all offences and was bailed ahead of a trial scheduled for June 1, 2027.

The crash occurred on the A36 at Knook at around 10.30am on May 31, 2025, when a Toyota Prius driven by Campion collided with three Vespas travelling in the opposite direction.

One of the Vespa riders, Robert Best, 62, died at the scene. The pillion of the second Vespa, Marie Jones, 64, and the rider of the third Vespa, Timothy Davies, 62, sadly died from their injuries in hospital.

The rider of the second Vespa, a man in his 60s, suffered serious injuries.

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Paul Jones

I am the editor in chief of Blackmore Vale media, which includes the New Blackmore Vale, New Stour & Avon, Salisbury & Avon Gazette and the Purbeck Gazette, having been a reporter for some 20 years. In my spare time, I am a festival lover, with a particular focus on Glastonbury. I live in Somerset with my wife and two children.