John Paul Smith was on a hands free call to his insurance company.
A speeding driver who was on a phone call at the time mowed down a man he claimed had "jumped" out in front of him.
The accounts manager found to have more than 10 times the prescribed limit of a drug called Benzoylecgonine - a "metabolite from cocaine usage" - following a blood test. Mr Devine had been walking from a friend's house towards the A82 at around 5pm that dark, wet evening. The court heard Smith's passenger had spotted Mr Devine trying to cross and attempted to alert the driver, but was unable to do in time.But, Mr Anderson said the victim, of Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, suffered a fatal head injury.He said: "Please tell me you seen that? He seen me coming and waited last minute to jump.After Smith was later tested, forensic examination went on to reveal 507mg of the cocaine metabolite Benzoylecgonine per litre of blood.
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