Sisters, 17 and 21, killed by 100mph Audi driver just before graduation party

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Two sisters who were celebrating a graduation were killed by an Audi driver speeding at 100mph. Thomas Lenthall, 40, was jailed at Bristol Crown Court for ten years yesterday, December 14, after pleading guilty to two counts of causing death by dangerous driving, reports the Daily Mirror.

Madison and Liberty North, known to their loved ones as Maddie and Libby, had been celebrating Maddie’s graduation when the incident happened on July 25.Lenthall was driving his Audi RS6 along the A361 Frome bypass, in Frome, when he smashed into a VW Polo that Maddie and Libbie, aged 21 and 17, were travelling in.

Both died at the scene of the crash.The pair just popped out from their home to get some soft drinks ahead of a family graduation party.Their parents, Verity and Jason North, issued a powerful victim statement to the court and described the events as "every parent’s worst nightmare".They said: “Maddie, her sister Libby and the whole family were so excited and proud she was graduating as a teacher, achieving her childhood dream.

Family were invited, the party was arranged, everything felt perfect. “On the evening of the 25th, Maddie and Libby popped out for a Coke, and they never came home.