A learner driver who killed a young woman in a hit-and-run while "showing off" to her partner has been jailed. Kennedy Lucas, 24, had had only five unofficial driving lessons with her family when she took over the steering wheel and mowed down Krystal Hamilton, 20.
She then swapped seats with her boyfriend so he could drive the car away from the scene of the fatal crash on February 6, Northampton Crown Court heard.
Lucas also lied to police and hid her car keys in a bid to cover her tracks after killing Krystal while she was on a short walk back from a Co-Op.
Krystal was less than 50 metres from her home when she hit in Grange Park, Northampton. But Lucas and her partner Vinny Guess, 28, tried to cover up their actions instead of calling
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