You sometimes have difficulty believing what you read – believing that people can be so completely stupid, and unable to learn from previous incidents.
This story came in on the newsfeeds (dead link). A 17-year old male from Brackley was driving a typical pratmobile – an MG Rover ZR – near Banbury, when it left the road. He had four passengers on board (this is a commercial script being played out here, remember, so you’ll have to forgive the similarity to other recent articles), all between 14 and 17.
The driver was treated for minor injuries, arrested, then bailed on suspicion of dangerous driving.
One 14-year old female passenger is in critical condition in hospital. Two boys, aged 16 and 17, are in serious but stable condition. A 15-year old girl has been released from hospital.
The previous story relates to an incident which occurred in 2010, but which has only now been heard in court. This latest one could easily end up being yet another teenage-death story when it is eventually heard.
Police are appealing for witnesses.