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video. Up Next. A teenage driver who was filmed inhaling laughing gas moments before crashing into a tree, killing three teenage passengers, has been jailed.
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Thomas Johnson, 19, was speeding along the A415 in Oxfordshire at 100mph when he crashed, killing his friends David Hancock, 18, Ethan Goddard, 18, and Elliot Pulllen, 17, in June 2023. Moments before the fatal crash, footage shot inside the BMW 3 series shows the four boys laughing and passing canisters and balloons to the front seats while Johnson can be seen inhaling.
Image Credit: Metro [Camera catches driver and front seat passenger with the balloons]
The vehicle’s wheels were also heard screeching as Johnson whizzes around a bend. In CCTV footage released by police, the vehicle, which officers say had its electronic stability deliberately switched off, was caught overtaking another car at 100mph in a 30mph zone.
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Johnson, who admitted taking nitrous oxide while driving, exceeding speed limits and causing the deaths of the other passengers, was sentenced to nine years and four months in prison by Judge Emma Nott. The judge said his actions were ‘all for teenage thrills’ and he would be ‘forever defined’ by his ‘teenage mistakes.’.
Image Credit: Metro [BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE Undated handout photo issued by Thames Valley Police of Thomas Johnson who has been jailed at Oxford Crown Court for nine years and four months after he caused the death of three teenagers by dangerous driving after inhaling nitrous oxide and travelling at speeds of more than 100mph. Issue date: Wednesday December 18, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story COURTS NitrousOxide. Photo credit should read: Thames Valley Police/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.]
Johnson said he had no recollection of what happened, and claims to have only taken nitrous oxide on one previous occasion. He claimed: ‘I remember doing it once last year with a group of friends before I could even drive but I don’t have any recollection after that.
Image Credit: Metro [BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE Undated handout photo issued by Thames Valley Police of one of the Nitrous Oxide cannisters located in the car driven by Thomas Johnson. Johnson has been jailed at Oxford Crown Court for nine years and four months after he caused the death of three teenagers by dangerous driving after inhaling nitrous oxide and travelling at speeds of more than 100mph. Issue date: Wednesday December 18, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story COURTS NitrousOxide. Photo credit should read: Thames Valley Police/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.]
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