A street racer was speeding at up to 93mph in a 30mph zone when he struck and killed a 14-year-old girl.
Courtney Ellis' teenage sister witnessed her sibling's horrific death, while the youngster's mum unknowingly encountered the scene of the crash as she drove home from work. Driver Brandon Turton today cried as he was jailed for causing the fatal collision, having been racing at high speeds around residential streets in convoy with another car at the time.
Liverpool Crown Court heard today, Wednesday, that the schoolgirl, from Haydock, died instantly after being hit by the 21-year-old's Renault Megane on Blackbrook Road in St Helens shortly after 9.45pm on September 19, 2020. Ben Jones, prosecuting, described how he had been "showing off or driving in anger", having made unsuccessful attempts to woo a female passenger.
