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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Matthew Cooper

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Newly qualified driver detained after killing three teenagers in head on crash | Mind Blowing Facts

A judge described the actions of Edward Spencer, who was 17 at the time of the crash but is now 19, as ‘pure folly’ (Joe Giddens/PA) - (PA Archive)

A newly qualified driver with a history of speeding, “showing off” and bad driving has been sentenced to two years’ detention for killing three other teenagers in a catastrophic head-on crash.

Edward Spencer also left two young children and their stepmother with life-changing injuries after losing control of his Ford Fiesta while speeding at 64mph on a country road near Shipston-on-Stour in Warwickshire.

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