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Lucinda Cameron

Speeding drink-driver who caused teenager’s crash death jailed for eight years

Erin Slane died following the crash in 2024 (family handout/PA) -

A speeding drink-driver who caused the death of a teenager who messaged “I may not survive tonight” while a passenger in his car has been jailed for eight years.

Erin Slane, 19, was a passenger in a car driven by Kyle Patrick which crashed into a field in Perthshire on September 1, 2024, after he drove at “grossly excessive speeds”.

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