'Coward' driver ignored years of warnings and ruined three young lives during trip to McDonald's
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA 'coward' driver ignored years of warnings and ruined the lives of three young people as they took a trip to McDonalds. Anthony Campbell wracked up a raft of motoring offences over the course of nearly a decade, but has consistently ignored driving bans and court orders to get behind the wheel.
Campbell's selfishness inevitably ended in horror when the banned driver left a man and two women seriously injured, ploughing a Mercedes into the side of their Audi at speeds of up to 70mph after running a red light following a funeral.
The dad then fled the scene, leaving his victims with injuries including a bleed on the brain and broken pelvises, before telling the police: "I felt arlase, but what can I do?" Liverpool Crown Court heard this week that Campbell had attended a funeral on October 11 last year, as well as the subsequent wake at the Crown pub in Widnes.
Also present were 18-year-old Ciara Morgan, 21-year-old Olivia Smith and 23-year-old Ellis Hayes, who left the premises at around 11.30pm, the ECHO reports.
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