Speeding teen driver had only passed test 11 weeks before the fatal car meet tragedy

LEWIS SAMUELS WAS DRIVING AT 74MPH

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A TEENAGE motorist was driving at over 70mph when he killed a young spectator and seriously injured two others.

Shocking footage of the out-of-control collision was shown in court with one woman carried on the bonnet of a speeding Ford Fiesta before falling off.

At Hull Crown Court, Judge John Thackray KC said: “There could have been other fatalities here.”

Connor Richards, 23, from Sheffield, died in hospital days after the fatal crash at Flixborough, near Scunthorpe, on September 24, 2022.

Lewis Samuels, of The Blackthorns, Broughton, near Brigg, admitted causing the death of Mr Richards by dangerous driving and seriously injuring another man and a woman.

He was sent to a Young Offenders’ Institution, on Monday, June 16, for five years and banned from driving for more than nine years.

Judge Thackray KC told Samuels: “This is yet another sad and depressing example of a young man driving dangerously with sad and tragic consequences.”

He highlighted a campaign by Humberside Police called “One Second” to warn drivers, particularly your drivers and the risks of excessive speed. Samuels had passed his driving test only 11 weeks prior to the fatal collision.

The judge added: “One only hopes the Humberside Police video (One Second Campaign) will prevent such tragedies in the future.You were showing off, not satisfied with people just looking at your car, you drove at a vastly excessive speed.”

The driver should have been aware of the hazards at the car meet which attracted hundreds of car enthusiasts. The crash had taken the life of the 23-year-old who the judge described as an “extremely kind and impressive young man.”

The dangerous diving at 74mph had also caused serious physical and psychological injuries to two others. A number of other spectators were also injured, the court heard.