Tonne-up driver avoids jail despite hitting a student

The driver of a BMW M3 left a student permanently brain damaged after ploughing into him at more than twice the speed limit on a road near Leeds city centre.

- by Nick Frame

Investigators concluded that businessman Tyrone Crawford was travelling at an “absurd” speed of more than 100mph moments before he smashed into the man on Kirkstall Road.

The young victim was hit with such force he was thrown into the air and landed 15 metres away on the opposite side of the dual carriageway.

He suffered a serious brain injury which he is unlikely to recover fully from. Crawford escaped an immediate custodial sentence at Leeds Crown Court after admitting causing serious injury through dangerous driving.