{"id":15918,"date":"2014-07-04T22:24:48","date_gmt":"2014-07-04T21:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=15918"},"modified":"2023-09-10T11:25:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T10:25:12","slug":"is-jack-powell-the-luckiest-man-on-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=15918","title":{"rendered":"Is Jack Powell The Luckiest Man On Earth?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This <a title=\"Driver Jack Powell given community order for causing crash which killed Kiri Jade Hodgkinson and Barbara Ford\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyecho.co.uk\/news\/11321320.Community_order_for_driver_who_killed_teen_girl_and_pensioner_in_horror_crash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">story beggars belief<\/a>. Jack Powell was 18, and had passed his test a mere two weeks earlier. He was busy following the script those of his kind live their lives by, and \u201clost control\u201d of his Renault Clio on a bend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just as an aside, there is a massive statistical blip in the accident figures which explains why 17-24 year olds pay sky-high insurance premiums. The most common accident this group experiences is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>on a bend<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>at night<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>on a rural road<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>more than one occupant in the car<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>no other car involved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Powell\u2019s case, only the \u201cat night\u201d one was missing from his performance. Unfortunately, although no other car actually caused Powell to lose control, another car <strong>did<\/strong> bear the brunt of his pathetic driving skills after he\u2019d lost it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kiri Jade Hodgkinson, 14, was a front seat passenger in Powell\u2019s car. She died at the scene. Powell smashed into a Renault Megane travelling the opposite way and this resulted in the death of the passenger, Barbara Ford, 67. A 13-year old girl in the back seat of Powell\u2019s car broke both legs and an ankle. In any right-minded country, Powell would now be looking for ways to justify that he be allowed a PlayStation to while away the hours of a substantial jail sentence. Instead:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today magistrates handed him a 12 month Community Order with 250 hours unpaid work. He was also given a nine month curfew and a five year disqualification from driving, with an order to have an extended retest before being allowed a return to driving.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Comments by the Police are notable for the absence of any indication that they are happy with this outcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This rubbish driver has effectively got away with killing two people. They should have locked him up and thrown away the key. He&#8217;s effectively a killer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4532794719633406\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This story beggars belief. Jack Powell was 18, and had passed his test a mere two weeks earlier. 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