A drunken driver who snapped a photo showing he was speeding at 141 mph before a deadly crash in England has been sentenced to 17 years in prison

Darryl Anderson was drunk behind the wheel of his Audi SUV, had his accelerator pressed to the floor and was barreling toward a car ahead of him when he snapped a photo of his speedometer. The picture showed a car in the foreground, a collision warning light on his dashboard and a speed of 141 mph (227 kph).

An instant later, he slammed into the car in the photo. The driver, Shalorna Warner, was not seriously injured but her 8-month-old son and her sister were killed instantly, authorities said. Evidence showed Anderson never braked.

Anderson, 38, was sentenced Tuesday to 17 years in prison for the May 31 crash in northern England that killed little Zackary Blades and Karlene Warner. Anderson pleaded guilty last week in Durham Crown Court to two counts of causing death by dangerous driving.

  • nocturne@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    62·
    4 months ago

    I would have called an ambulance because they have sirens to get through traffic and go fast

    When I was dying from a rattlesnake bite we were told to drive, in a life or death situation like this the ambulance takes too long.

    • FellowEnt@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      101·
      4 months ago

      I’ve called for an ambulance twice in the UK and both times they told me I should drive instead.

      • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        4 months ago

        Sometimes that’s because, while you’re in need of an emergency room, you have the time and ability to drive or be driven there. A broken bone, for instance. Or excessive bleeding from a miscarriage. And having a 3rd person to help in the back seat can make driving a more viable option. Driving yourself while likely to become unconscious is not advisable.

    • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      4 months ago

      Oh I just saw this again and realized, you needed antivenin for a snakebite, so the EMTs would have been pretty useless. Definitely a drive to hospital situation, that.