Jack Tomlinson, 21, drove his friends and two teenage girls out to a remote spot at Langdale End, where he crashed into a tree after losing control of his red Citroen C3 on a bend, York Crown Court heard.
The crash resulted in the death of Tomlinson’s friend Harry Coupland, 18, who suffered severe head injuries and later died in hospital.
A teenage female passenger in the car, who can’t be named for legal reasons, lost her hand in the crash. Her hand was recovered at the scene of the crash near Dalby Forest but couldn’t be reattached by surgeons.
Prosecutor Richard Walters said the fatal crash occurred on an unclassified road at Bickley Gate at about 11.30pm on August 13, 2021, after Tomlinson, who was 18 at the time, had been drinking at the Denison Arms in East Ayton.
“The Citroen C3 left the road, turned over and hit a tree,” he said.
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