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A provisional driver who allegedly caused the crash in which a female cyclist was killed was “aware his car was uninsured, unregistered and unroadworthy,” a court has heard.
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A p-plater who was driving an unregistered, uninsured and unroadworthy vehicle has been jailed for three years after striking and killing a woman as she rode her bike in Canberra last year. He has been sentenced in court.

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