Two men died in head-on crash after 30th birthday party, inquest hears - as coroner highlights 'stark warning' on dangers of drink and drug driving
Two friends died after one of them drove at speed on the wrong side of a busy road before a head-on crash, an inquest heard. Tom Ashley, 31, was behind the wheel of a white Renault Megane taxi which belonged to his friend and front seat passenger John Hughes, 42, before the smash just before 7am on July 12, 2020.