An innocent driver's Ford Focus estate "exploded into pieces" in a high-speed smash which left his partner seriously injured. The shocked casualty, a long-time carer, had been in the front seat which snapped due to the force of the crash.
She ended up in the back seat and was cut free from what was left of the vehicle by a fire crew. Nottingham Crown Court heard a Volkswagen Golf, driven by Kyle Bradley and speeding at 70mph and 90mph, had hit the Ford Focus on October 30, 2019.
The carer was being driven to her night shift at 9.20pm by her partner when the horrific accident happened in Watnall Road, Hucknall. Whilst Bradley ran off, dumping the Volkswagen, the injured carer had suffered a small bleed to her brain and stomach, and painful tissue damage to her shoulder.
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She said in a statement she was now scared to go out in the car, thinking something may happen again, and is tearful every day. Bradley, 24, of Beauvale Crescent, Hucknall, pleaded guilty to causing serious injury by dangerous driving to her and was jailed, with a driving ban of three years and nine months.
Judge Gregory Dikinson QC, the Recorder of Nottingham, quoted from the victim's statement where she said: "I do feel I am living a nightmare due to my emotional state and not being able to work."
The awful incident was one of many crimes street dealer Bradley committed in the space of two years, the court heard on Thursday, April 21. He was additionally sentenced for the theft of a bicycle from a 17-year-old on September 21, 2018, in Broomhilll Road, Bulwell, and for dangerous driving and drug driving on February 15, 2020, in Hucknall, as well as for having no insurance or licence and for possessing four wraps of cocaine.
Bradley also admitted supplying cannabis and possessing cannabis with intent to supply after nearly 57 grams of cannabis were found in street deals in May 2020, and two mobile phones held evidence of cannabis supply.
His total prison sentence was three-and-a-half years, with a requirement to take an extended driving test on his release. Chris Brewin, mitigating, said Bradley has been a model prisoner and provided negative drug tests.
He referred to two distressing events - the death of a close friend in a car accident and that of the defendant's grandfather - which had sent him off the rails.
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