Jail for teen driver who killed three passengers after inhaling laughing gas and speeding at 100mph

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

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.