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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rosie Shead

Teenage driver who inhaled laughing gas at the wheel before killing three friends in 100mph crash jailed

A 19-year-old who caused the death of three teenagers by dangerous driving after inhaling nitrous oxide and travelling at speeds of more than 100mph, has been jailed.

Thomas Johnson was behind the wheel of a BMW 3 series when the car crashed into roadside furniture and a tree, killing three passengers, on the A415 in Marcham last year. On Wednesday he was jailed at Oxford Crown Court for nine years and four months.

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