A man has been jailed after causing a serious collision that left a young passenger with life-changing injuries. Rhys Hayden, 23, of Little Barn Lane in Mansfield, lost control of his black Audi while speeding, under the influence of drugs and uninsured.
Hayden was driving his Audi A4 cabriolet along the A52 at Roman Bank, Ingoldmells, just after 12pm on Sunday, March 6, 2022. He was driving north, towards Anchor Lane when he crashed head-on into a white Land Rover Range Rover being driven in the opposite direction, towards Fantasy Island.
During the police investigation, the Forensic Collision Investigator, PC Godfrey Barlow, was able to calculate from CCTV footage, the Audi was being driven, by Hayden, at approximately 74 mph, plus or minus five miles per hour, prior to the impact. At the point the collision happened the road is a narrow coast road with a speed limit of 30 mph.
