A father has said his hatred of the drink-driver who was responsible for his teenage daughter’s death is the only thing that is keeping him alive. Phoebe Johnson, 17, was a passenger in a car being driven by Melissa Keilloh which crashed on the A514 between Swadlincote and Derby on October 23, 2021.
The pair had been at a house party that evening and Keilloh, 20, had been described as drunk by other attendees, openly admitting “I’m f****d” before getting in her car to go for a drive with Miss Johnson and another friend. Keilloh crashed 18 minutes after leaving the house, having driven at speed around two corners, with her vehicle going through a hedge and coming to rest 39 metres away in a field.
Miss Johnson, who had not been wearing a seatbelt, sustained fatal head and neck injuries after being ejected from the car. She died at the Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham later that day.
