A 19-year-old young adult who filmed himself driving without hands just before causing a violent accident would have received a 26-month prison sentence on Monday, while his victim will be paralyzed for the rest of his life.
“I just had an accident,” George Taylor, then 17, texted just after sending text messages and videos of himself behind the wheel driving at high speeds with his knees, Norfolk police reported Monday according to BBC.
On January 18, 2023, the young Briton from Ely in England was on his way to college with his new driving license in his pocket, acquired less than 12 weeks earlier, when he allegedly used his cell phone nine times to send text messages and messages. videos of him.
On some of them, shared by the Norfolk police, we can even see him performing passes without hands, music in the carpet, before making calls with his device.
“I don’t approve,” the person to whom he had sent the images responded by text message, according to a video reconstruction of the events by the police force.
Despite this, the young inexperienced driver continued his behavior until he drove straight into another car, seriously injuring a mother in her forties, named Catherine.
“Her actions left her paralyzed from the neck down, unable to speak or breathe on her own,” Norfolk police said, sharing images of the victim before and after the accident. , at the request of his father, to raise awareness among road users.
Screenshot taken from Facebook
“George Taylor made several decisions to use his cell phone that day and, in doing so, put himself and everyone else in danger. It was Catherine who paid the price,” continued Sergeant Callum Walchester, according to the BBC.
For his part, the young driver received a 26-month prison sentence, and a license suspended for 40 months, after pleading guilty to dangerous driving causing serious injury, the police continued.
“Incidents like these happen indiscriminately: they can happen to anyone, at any time. No matter how good a driver you think you are – if you use your cell phone, you risk the lives of everyone on the road,” insisted Sgt.
