Shocking moment newly qualified driver, 17, smashes head first into Jaguar while ‘showing off’ to female passenger
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THIS is the shocking moment a newly qualified teen driver smashes head first into a Jaguar after "showing off" to a female friend. Footage shows the dangerous collision with the reckless 17-year-old later being blasted by a judge for his "utterly ridiculous" driving.
![[White car driving too fast around a bend.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/teenage-driver-gareth-jones-showing-963225952.jpg?strip=all&w=957)
Gareth Jones was behind the wheel of a white Dacia alongside a female passenger when he ploughed into an oncoming Jaguar. Video of the scary crash shows the Dacia speeding around a corner and crossing across into the opposite lane where the red Jag was approaching.
![[Two cars damaged in a head-on collision.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/teenage-driver-gareth-jones-showing-963225909_691d33.jpg?strip=all&w=649)
Jones had been doing 49mph as he took the bend and veered across the road - losing all control of the motor. Moments later the cars collided with a "heavy impact" and left all three people involved seriously injured. A court heard the Jaguar driver tried to swerve to avoid the crash but was ultimately forced to take the impact.
![[White car navigating a bend in the road.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image_5ab388.png?strip=all&w=960)
Jones - who had only passed his test three months prior - apologised to the other driver and admitted he was going too fast. The crash took place near Newcastle Emlyn in West Wales on the afternoon of May 30. Jones, now 19, pleaded guilty to two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
![[Dashcam footage of a car crash.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image_31de36.png?strip=all&w=960)
Judge Paul Thomas KC told him that he had been "showing off" behind the wheel. He later described the defendant's driving as "stupid in the extreme" and "utterly ridiculous". Prosecutors said the Jaguar driver declined medical treatment at first from rushing paramedics but later took himself to hospital.
