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Darryl Anderson was drunk behind the wheel of his Audi SUV, had his accelerator pressed to the floor and was barreling toward a car ahead of him when he snapped a photo of his speedometer. The picture showed a car in the foreground, a collision warning light on his dashboard and a speed of 141 mph (227 kph).

An instant later, he slammed into the car in the photo. The driver, Shalorna Warner, was not seriously injured but her 8-month-old son and her sister were killed instantly, authorities said. Evidence showed Anderson never braked. 

Anderson, 38, was sentenced Tuesday to 17 years in prison for the May 31 crash in northern England that killed little Zackary Blades and Karlene Warner. Anderson pleaded guilty last week in Durham Crown Court to two counts of causing death by dangerous driving.

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[–] [email protected] 206 points 3 months ago (5 children)

As a Canadian, I read 141 and thought, "141 km/h is pretty fast, but that's not international news fast." Then I saw it was mph!

Driving that fast on a closed course while sober with complete focus is dangerous. Yet this guy was drunk and texting on public roads.

“Sometimes mistakes happen," he said. "But I’m not a bad person.”

AFAIK, no mistakes happened, those were all choices. And by making those choices, yes, you are a bad person.

[–] [email protected] 143 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Bro killed two people, one of them a kid, and he's actually saying "No one's perfek 🤪!!!!"

[–] Raiderkev 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like 2 kids actually, but yeah

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Raiderkev 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Oh, I thought it meant the baby's sister when I read it.

[–] NOT_RICK 72 points 3 months ago

Dude didn’t even wait for the bodies to get cold before he absolved himself. What a gaping asshole

[–] ASeriesOfPoorChoices 4 points 3 months ago

* checks *

~225km/h is pretty fucking fast. Damn.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

This is a very bad person. Calling what he did a mistake shows a lack of emotional understanding that should in all honestly, get you put somewhere we never have to see them again.