A 19-year-old driver was jailed for nine years and four months for causing the death of three teenage passengers in a high-speed crash after inhaling laughing gas.
A teenage driver has been jailed for causing the death of three passengers in a crash after he inhaled laughing gas and drove over 100mph. Thomas Johnson, 19, was behind the wheel of a BMW 3 series when it smashed into a lamppost, a stone wall and then a large tree on the A415 in Marcham, near Abingdon, Oxfordshire, last year. His three teenage passengers Elliot Pullen, 17, Ethan Goddard, 18 and Daniel Hancock, 18, all died in the crash.
A forensic investigation found at the time of the incident the car was travelling at up to 87mph along the stretch of road where the speed limit was 30mph, and at more than 100mph shortly before Johnson lost control of the vehicle. Thames Valley police said that, following the collision, canisters of nitrous oxide were located inside the car - and on the mobile phones of the boys who died, evidence was found of this being used by Johnson while he was driving. Johnson, of Stainswick Lane, Shrivenham, pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving at a hearing at Oxford Crown Court and was jailed for nine years and four months. He was also disqualified from driving for 11 years and 11 weeks. Senior Investigating Officer Detective Sergeant Tony Jenkins, of the Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said: “This was without a doubt one of the most catastrophic and tragic collisions I have ever investigated. The speeds at which Johnson was driving were staggering, particularly given the road he was driving on. “Our case was that Johnson had been using nitrous oxide during the evening, and it is apparent from the evidence, that if he was doing this just prior to the collision, as our evidence suggests, he would have been significantly and severely impaired, similar to the impairment you would have if under the influence of alcohol. 'However, there was no evidence that Johnson was intoxicated by any other substance.' Det Sgt Jenkins added: “Ethan, Elliot and Daniel stood no chance
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