Fatal crash driver avoids immediate jail

A woman who killed a motorcyclist by driving into his path on a country road northeast of Perth has been spared an immediate jail term.

Roger Streetfield died after 59-year-old Alexandria Mary Lee slowly turned right on a road between Toodyay and Northam into a truck stop in February last year, giving him no chance of avoiding a collision as he approached from the opposite direction.

The District Court of Western Australia heard on Wednesday that Lee did not deliberately try to cut in front of Mr Streetfield and did not see him.

However, she should have seen him as the weather was clear and the motorcycle's headlight was on.

Lee was handed a two year jail term, suspended for 12 months, and had her drivers licence disqualified for two years and six months.