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| Hayes crash: Driver admits killing three teenagers at London bus stop | Hayes crash: Driver admits killing three teenagers at London bus stop |
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| A drunk driver has admitted killing three teenage boys as they made their way to a 16th birthday party in London. | |
| Jaynesh Chudasama pleaded guilty to three counts of causing death by dangerous driving at the Old Bailey over the tragedy on 26 January. | Jaynesh Chudasama pleaded guilty to three counts of causing death by dangerous driving at the Old Bailey over the tragedy on 26 January. |
| The 28-year-old was behind the wheel of an Audi that mounted a pavement and ploughed into a group of friends near a bus stop on Shepiston Lane in Hayes. | The 28-year-old was behind the wheel of an Audi that mounted a pavement and ploughed into a group of friends near a bus stop on Shepiston Lane in Hayes. |
| He hung his head and spoke softly to enter the pleas in a courtroom packed with his victims’ relatives and friends. | He hung his head and spoke softly to enter the pleas in a courtroom packed with his victims’ relatives and friends. |
| Harry Louis Rice, 17, George Toby Wilkinson, 16, and Josh McGuinness, also 16, all died at the scene. | |
| They had been walking towards the Goals five-a-side football club at around 8.40pm on their way to a friend’s party. | They had been walking towards the Goals five-a-side football club at around 8.40pm on their way to a friend’s party. |
| The trio attended Harefield Academy in Uxbridge until the summer, with George going on to become an apprentice electrician, Joshua working a labourer and Harry becoming a semi-professional footballer. | The trio attended Harefield Academy in Uxbridge until the summer, with George going on to become an apprentice electrician, Joshua working a labourer and Harry becoming a semi-professional footballer. |
| Prosecutor Crispin Aylett QC said Chudasama, a car rental firm employee, had been drinking at the time of the crash and was found to be more than twice over the limit. | Prosecutor Crispin Aylett QC said Chudasama, a car rental firm employee, had been drinking at the time of the crash and was found to be more than twice over the limit. |
| CCTV showed him overtaking another vehicle before losing control of the car and hitting the victims, prosecutors said. | CCTV showed him overtaking another vehicle before losing control of the car and hitting the victims, prosecutors said. |
| The victims flew into the air and the defendant's car spun around in the road, the court heard. | |
| George died instantly, with a girl holding his hand as he lay partly on the road and partly on the pavement, while Joshua was thrown over a fence into a nearby cemetery. | |
| Harry was carried on the bonnet of the car until it crashed into the cemetery wall, leaving him with fatal injuries. | |
| Witnesses described seeing their distraught friends trying to help a lone paramedic unload equipment from a rapid response car before the ambulance arrived. | Witnesses described seeing their distraught friends trying to help a lone paramedic unload equipment from a rapid response car before the ambulance arrived. |
| Amamdeep Matharoo, 27, said: “The lads were shouting on the phone. They were saying, ‘three of our friends are dead’. They were hysterical and in pieces.” | Amamdeep Matharoo, 27, said: “The lads were shouting on the phone. They were saying, ‘three of our friends are dead’. They were hysterical and in pieces.” |
| Chudasama and a passenger got out of the car and ran towards a nearby petrol station after hitting the teenagers, being chased by two of the victims’ friends. | |
| One of them hit Chudasama over the head with a bottle to stop him getting him away, before the driver was dragged back to the scene and his friend escaped. | |
| The teenagers were angered when an officer responding to the crash went to help Chudasama, after passing drivers mistook the incident for an attack. | |
| Judge Wendy Joseph QC noted that the boys were in a group of eight children when they were killed and that there could have been further “appalling” loss of life. | |
| A 34-year-old man who turned himself into police two days after the crash was arrested in connection with the incident and released under investigation. | A 34-year-old man who turned himself into police two days after the crash was arrested in connection with the incident and released under investigation. |
| Sentencing has been adjourned until 9 March to give time for victim impact statements to be completed. | Sentencing has been adjourned until 9 March to give time for victim impact statements to be completed. |
| Additional reporting by PA | Additional reporting by PA |