Officers from Nottinghamshire be on Operation Wheelspin this weekend – the force’s response to anti-social and dangerous driving by car cruisers and street racing.
Police said:
‘The result of a trial in Cheshire was published earlier today where a car cruiser who was engaged in dangerous driving at high speed killed a pedestrian who was also attend the area has been released, you have to ask yourself is it worth dying or getting 8 years in prison and a 10 year driving ban.’
These details from Cheshire Police:
A boy racer has been jailed after he admitted killing a pedestrian at a car meet in Warrington.
Mason Hodgson appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Tuesday 19 November where he was sentenced to 8 years in prison.
The 23-year-old of Glen Road, Morley, had earlier pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving.
As well as his custodial sentence, he was also banned from driving for 10 years and 4 months.
The court heard how on the evening of Sunday 10 April 2022, a car meet was taking place on an industrial estate in Woolston, Warrington.
Several hundred people were in attendance at the event, including 20-year-old Samuel Harding from Stockport, who had visited with his two friends to look at other cars.
Hodgson also attended the event with his friends and shortly after 9.30pm he decided to participate in the car meet by attempting to drive as fast as possible along Kingsland Grange in his black Audi S3.
As he drove along the road, a 30mph zone, Hodgson reached speeds of more than 90mph, before colliding with Samuel who was in the process of crossing the road.
CCTV footage showed that due to the speed he was travelling, Samuel could not see Hodgson’s vehicle, when he stepped out into the road. Hodgson was unable to brake in time after seeing Samuel in the road.
The impact of the collision caused Samuel to be thrown more than 10ft into the air and as a result he sustained serious head injuries.
Police and paramedics were called to the scene and Samuel was rushed to hospital. Sadly, despite the best efforts of all those involved, Samuel sadly passed away a short time later.
Hodgson was arrested at the scene in connection with the collision and an investigation was launched by the Serious Collision Investigation Unit, with support from the Major Investigation Team.
