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Tommy Whitmore jailed over Peterborough triple-death crash Tommy Whitmore jailed over fatal Peterborough crash
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A driver been jailed after admitting causing the deaths of three people in a crash. A "grossly intoxicated" driver who killed three people in a head-on crash has been jailed for eight years and four months.
Siblings Jana Kockova, 21, and Tomas Kocko 19, and Jana's fiancé Marko Makula, 22, were killed in the collision in Peterborough on 14 April. Tommy Whitmore, 26, had been drinking beer and gin before he smashed his pick-up truck into a Renault Megane.
Tommy Whitmore, 26, of Lincolnshire, pleaded guilty to three counts of causing death by dangerous driving. Siblings Tomas Kocko 19, and Jana Kockova, 21, and her fiancé Marko Makula, 22, died in the crash in their hometown of Peterborough on 14 April.
At Cambridge Crown Court earlier, Whitmore was jailed for eight years and four months. Whitmore, 26, was more than twice the legal alcohol limit.
Whitmore, 26, of Stonegate, Cowbit, admitting causing the deaths in the crash involving a Ford Ranger and a Renault Megane. He was also over the limit for cannabis, Cambridge Crown Court heard.
The collision happened at about midnight on the slip road to Stanground, on the westbound carriageway of the Fletton Parkway. Whitmore, 26, of Stonegate, Cowbit, Lincolnshire, pleaded guilty to three counts of causing death by dangerous driving.
Ms Kockova and Mr Kocko, from Hinchcliffe in Peterborough, and Mr Makula, of Reeves Way, died at the scene. The crash happened late at night on the slip road to Stanground, on the westbound carriageway of the Fletton Parkway.
Whitmore was also injured. The court heard Whitmore, who was injured in the crash, had been warned by his girlfriend not to get behind the wheel.
He pleaded guilty and was jailed at his first appearance at Cambridge Crown Court. Judge David Farrell QC told him: "You made a deliberate decision to drive, despite being grossly intoxicated."
He said this resulted in Whitmore being "unable to read the road and signs which would have been obvious to a sober driver".
In a victim impact statement, the families of those who died said they felt "indescribable pain" and the "mental wounds may never heal".
Whitmore was banned from driving for nine years and two months.