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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Mabel Banfield-Nwachi

Man jailed over drunken 141mph crash that killed woman and baby

Zackary Blades
Zackary Blades was killed instantly when he was thrown from a Peugeot 308 on the A1(M). Photograph: Durham Constabulary/PA

A man who was almost three times over the drink-driving limit and going at 141mph when he crashed into a car, killing a baby and the baby’s aunt, has been jailed for more than 17 years.

Darryl Anderson, 38, had been driving his Audi Q5 erratically from Newcastle airport, having drunk on the plane back from a shortened holiday after falling out with his wife.

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