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| Leeds crash: Boy, 15, detained for causing deaths | Leeds crash: Boy, 15, detained for causing deaths |
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| A 15-year-old boy who caused the deaths of five people when the stolen car he was driving crashed into a tree has been detained for more than four years. | A 15-year-old boy who caused the deaths of five people when the stolen car he was driving crashed into a tree has been detained for more than four years. |
| Ellis, 12, and Elliott Thornton-Kimmitt, 14, died in the crash along with Darnell Harte, 15, Anthony Armour and Robbie Meerun, both 24. | Ellis, 12, and Elliott Thornton-Kimmitt, 14, died in the crash along with Darnell Harte, 15, Anthony Armour and Robbie Meerun, both 24. |
| Leeds Crown Court heard the car "split in two" when it hit a tree in Meanwood, Leeds, at 88mph, on 25 November. | |
| The boy admitted five counts of causing death by dangerous driving. | |
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| West Yorkshire Police said the Renault Clio they were travelling in had been stolen from the Headingley area of the city earlier the same day. | |
| The boy, who cannot be named because of his age, was sentenced to four-and-a-half-years detention and disqualified from driving for seven years and three months by Judge Peter Collier QC. | |
| The court heard eyewitnesses say the car was being driven erratically and on the wrong side of the road before it crashed. | |
| The prosecutor said a passersby who had gone to the aid of the passengers, described seeing the boy fleeing the scene despite being told to wait for police. | |
| Speaking at the time of the crash, police said they had been confronted by a scene of "complete carnage". | |
| Two of the passengers were pronounced dead at the site of the crash and three died a short time later in hospital. |