100mph laughing gas driver admits killing friends

A operator who was filmed inhaling laughing state down the instrumentality earlier a 100mph (160km/h) clang has admitted sidesplitting 3 teenage friends.

Thomas Johnson was speeding erstwhile his car deed a histrion successful the colony of Marcham, Oxfordshire, sidesplitting friends Ethan Goddard and Daniel Hancock, some 18, and Elliot Pullen, 17.

Johnson, 19, admitted 3 counts of causing decease by unsafe driving and is being sentenced astatine Oxford Crown Court.

The victims' families called him a "cocky teenage boy" who was showing disconnected and urged others "not to beryllium that operator who shows specified disregard for their friends' lives".

Mr Hancock's household besides begged radical not to beryllium "a rider of specified a driver".

"Please larn from this, an accidental that the boys were not fortunate capable to beryllium given," they said.

Mr Goddard's father, Robert, said: "He's ruined everyone's life, he's taken three, ruined his ain life, devastated ours, conscionable for showing off."

Elliot Pullen's sister, Mia, 20, added: "I cognize he's conscionable a cocky teenage boy, I cognize he's not an atrocious idiosyncratic but helium made immoderate atrocious decisions and I truly anticipation that helium feels blameworthy for what he's done.

"This is his fault, he's done this, he's killed them and I anticipation it stays with him forever."