Young driver ‘lost control of car on bridge and hit tree’ killing three teens

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Three teenagers died after the young driver lost control of his car on a bridge and crashed into a tree, an inquest has heard.Dafydd Huw Craven-Jones, 18, only had his driving licence for less than six months when he was killed alongside two friends he had picked up from a house party, reports Wales Online.At 11.47pm on May 25 last year, Dafydd, from Tanyfron in Wales, lost control of his Ford Ka on a humpback bridge in Penkridge, Staffordshire.

Morgan Jones, 17, and Sophie Bates, 17, also died, while Brooke Varley, also 17 at the time, survived.Morgan, from Coedpoeth, has been feeling unwell and the driver travelled to Penkridge to pick him up.

The inquest heard that Dafydd, who had passed his test at the end of November, 2023, had earlier taken a video of himself saying he feared he had been caught speeding at 90mph on a 70mph road.

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