Teenager killed two pals in 'worst crash ever seen' by police

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A teenager killed his two friends in what has been described by police as the "worst crash they'd ever seen".Owain Hammett-George, now 19, has been jailed after he crashed an Alfa Romeo into a petrol station in Bishopston, Wales, in May 2022.

Passengers Kaitlyn Davies and Ben Rogers, both 19, died at the scene while a third passenger, Casey Thomas, then aged 17, sustained serious injuries.Hammett-George, who was 17 at the time of the crash, had previously pleaded not guilty to charges brought against him.

However, as reported by Wales Online, he changed his plea last month and admitted two counts of causing death by dangerous driving one count of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.At a sentencing hearing held at Swansea Crown Court on Thursday a packed court was told how Hammett-George, of Awel Deg, Birchgrove, Swansea, was driving at more than twice the speed limit of 30mph leading up to the petrol station.Prosecution barrister Ian Wright KC told the court the fatal crash happened due to the "grossly excessive speeds" being driven by Hammett-George, who had picked up his passengers on the evening of May 31, 2022.

Shortly after 11pm that evening he lost control of the car and hit a grass bank causing the vehicle to flip into the air and rotate before colliding with a concrete pillar.