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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rosie Shead

Teenage driver jailed for killing three passengers after inhaling laughing gas

A teenager has been jailed for nine years and four months for causing the death of three teenagers by dangerous driving after inhaling nitrous oxide and travelling at speeds of more than 100mph.

Thomas Johnson, 19, 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, near Abingdon, Oxfordshire, last year.

He was jailed at Oxford Crown Court on Wednesday over the crash on June 20 2023 which killed Elliot Pullen, 17, Ethan Goddard, 18 and Daniel Hancock, 18.

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