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Phone distraction: Charity hero jailed after critical crash

A former Noble Park footballer and charity marathoner has been jailed after his van struck and critically injured a cyclist. Trent Robertson, 39, of Mordialloc, pleaded guilty at the Victorian County Court to dangerous driving causing serious injury to the 61-year-old victim on Nepean Road…

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