Car crash victims’ families release accident footage to warn others
Relatives of Kyle Careford and Michael Owen – who died when their car hit a church wall at 90mph – hope harrowing movie will stop dangerous driving
Warning: viewers may find this movie distressing. The families of Kyle Careford and Michael Owen have released this movie to deter others
Car crash victims’ families release accident footage to warn others
Relatives of Kyle Careford and Michael Owen – who died when their car hit a church wall at 90mph – hope harrowing movie will stop dangerous driving
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Harrowing footage showcasing the minutes before two youthful fellows were killed in a 90mph car crash on a country lane has been released by their families in the hope it will be a warning to others.
Driver Kyle Careford, 20, and his friend Michael Owen, 21, were three times the speed limit when their crimson Renault Clio smashed into a churchyard in Crowborough, East Sussex.
Owen, a father of one, is heard laughing as he films his friend on his mobile phone while they zoom along the narrow B2100, both high on drugs, with Owen appearing to be providing his friend instructions on how to drive.
The pair, both from Royal Tunbridge Wells, were killed instantly when they broke through the wall of St Michael and All Angels church. The footage was found by police after the mobile phone was retrieved from the scene.
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The families of two studs who died in #Crowborough hope releasing this movie of their final moments could save lives https://t.co/CJSrevo9EF
The inquest in Hastings last week heard how the friends had taken both prescribed and illegal drugs. Careford did not have a driving licence and was not insured to drive the car, which belonged to Owen.
After the inquest, which recorded a verdict of death by road traffic collision, Owen’s mother, Kat, said the fellows were the only ones to blame for their deaths.
“We bring our children up training them right from wrong,” she said. “We guide them and give them our advice and hope they listen, but once they are adults we hope they make the right choices. I indeed don’t know why the boys chose to do what they did, but I blame them both for the decisions they made on this night.”
She said she hoped the release of the movie “stops one person from making the same mistake … and make them see that a bit of joy can have such devastating consequences”.
Youthfull people should “take notice and realise that you are not invincible and take earnestly how precious your lives are to yourselves and others … consider how much devastation it causes to the families and loved ones that are left behind”, she added.
Careford’s brother, Zac Hemming, said releasing the film had been a very difficult decision, adding: “However, despite the anguish of it being broadcast by the media, we as a family just hope and plead that this will connect with at least one person out there, youthfull or old, so that no one ever has to practice the unthinkable agony of losing someone so close and dearly loved.”
Ch Insp Phil Nicholas, from the Surrey and Sussex road policing unit, said any lives saved due to the video’s release would be “a valuable legacy of Michael and Kyle’s sad deaths”.
Owen’s ex-girlfriend Lauren Modest, the mother of his five-year-old daughter Lily-Rose, called the movie “heartbreaking to watch”. She said: “I know slew of people who drive swift and I hope that this movie will showcase people that driving like this can have devastating consequences and how brief life can indeed be.
“The Michael we witnessed on that movie was not the Michael that we knew, who was a loving, caring, responsible daddy. The legacy that Michael has left is our beautiful daughter … she will have to live with the influence of this horrific situation forever.”
Car crash victims families release accident footage to warn others, UK news, The Guardian
Car crash victims’ families release accident footage to warn others
Relatives of Kyle Careford and Michael Owen – who died when their car hit a church wall at 90mph – hope harrowing movie will stop dangerous driving
Warning: viewers may find this movie distressing. The families of Kyle Careford and Michael Owen have released this movie to deter others
Car crash victims’ families release accident footage to warn others
Relatives of Kyle Careford and Michael Owen – who died when their car hit a church wall at 90mph – hope harrowing movie will stop dangerous driving
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Harrowing footage showcasing the minutes before two youthfull studs were killed in a 90mph car crash on a country lane has been released by their families in the hope it will be a warning to others.
Driver Kyle Careford, 20, and his friend Michael Owen, 21, were three times the speed limit when their crimson Renault Clio smashed into a churchyard in Crowborough, East Sussex.
Owen, a father of one, is heard laughing as he films his friend on his mobile phone while they zoom along the narrow B2100, both high on drugs, with Owen appearing to be providing his friend instructions on how to drive.
The pair, both from Royal Tunbridge Wells, were killed instantly when they broke through the wall of St Michael and All Angels church. The footage was found by police after the mobile phone was retrieved from the scene.
Sussex Police (@sussex_police)
The families of two boys who died in #Crowborough hope releasing this movie of their final moments could save lives https://t.co/CJSrevo9EF
The inquest in Hastings last week heard how the friends had taken both prescribed and illegal drugs. Careford did not have a driving licence and was not insured to drive the car, which belonged to Owen.
After the inquest, which recorded a verdict of death by road traffic collision, Owen’s mother, Kat, said the dudes were the only ones to blame for their deaths.
“We bring our children up training them right from wrong,” she said. “We guide them and give them our advice and hope they listen, but once they are adults we hope they make the right choices. I indeed don’t know why the boys chose to do what they did, but I blame them both for the decisions they made on this night.”
She said she hoped the release of the movie “stops one person from making the same mistake … and make them see that a bit of joy can have such devastating consequences”.
Youthful people should “take notice and realise that you are not invincible and take earnestly how precious your lives are to yourselves and others … consider how much devastation it causes to the families and loved ones that are left behind”, she added.
Careford’s brother, Zac Hemming, said releasing the film had been a very difficult decision, adding: “However, despite the anguish of it being broadcast by the media, we as a family just hope and beg that this will connect with at least one person out there, youthful or old, so that no one ever has to practice the unthinkable anguish of losing someone so close and dearly loved.”
Ch Insp Phil Nicholas, from the Surrey and Sussex road policing unit, said any lives saved due to the video’s release would be “a valuable legacy of Michael and Kyle’s sad deaths”.
Owen’s ex-girlfriend Lauren Discreet, the mother of his five-year-old daughter Lily-Rose, called the movie “heartbreaking to watch”. She said: “I know slew of people who drive rapid and I hope that this movie will showcase people that driving like this can have devastating consequences and how brief life can indeed be.
“The Michael we eyed on that movie was not the Michael that we knew, who was a loving, caring, responsible daddy. The legacy that Michael has left is our beautiful daughter … she will have to live with the influence of this horrific situation forever.”
Car crash victims families release accident footage to warn others, UK news, The Guardian
Car crash victims’ families release accident footage to warn others
Relatives of Kyle Careford and Michael Owen – who died when their car hit a church wall at 90mph – hope harrowing movie will stop dangerous driving
Warning: viewers may find this movie distressing. The families of Kyle Careford and Michael Owen have released this movie to deter others
Car crash victims’ families release accident footage to warn others
Relatives of Kyle Careford and Michael Owen – who died when their car hit a church wall at 90mph – hope harrowing movie will stop dangerous driving
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Harrowing footage demonstrating the minutes before two youthful dudes were killed in a 90mph car crash on a country lane has been released by their families in the hope it will be a warning to others.
Driver Kyle Careford, 20, and his friend Michael Owen, 21, were three times the speed limit when their crimson Renault Clio smashed into a churchyard in Crowborough, East Sussex.
Owen, a father of one, is heard laughing as he films his friend on his mobile phone while they zoom along the narrow B2100, both high on drugs, with Owen appearing to be providing his friend instructions on how to drive.
The pair, both from Royal Tunbridge Wells, were killed instantly when they broke through the wall of St Michael and All Angels church. The footage was found by police after the mobile phone was retrieved from the scene.
Sussex Police (@sussex_police)
The families of two dudes who died in #Crowborough hope releasing this movie of their final moments could save lives https://t.co/CJSrevo9EF
The inquest in Hastings last week heard how the friends had taken both prescribed and illegal drugs. Careford did not have a driving licence and was not insured to drive the car, which belonged to Owen.
After the inquest, which recorded a verdict of death by road traffic collision, Owen’s mother, Kat, said the guys were the only ones to blame for their deaths.
“We bring our children up instructing them right from wrong,” she said. “We guide them and give them our advice and hope they listen, but once they are adults we hope they make the right choices. I truly don’t know why the boys chose to do what they did, but I blame them both for the decisions they made on this night.”
She said she hoped the release of the movie “stops one person from making the same mistake … and make them see that a bit of joy can have such devastating consequences”.
Youthfull people should “take notice and realise that you are not invincible and take earnestly how precious your lives are to yourselves and others … consider how much devastation it causes to the families and loved ones that are left behind”, she added.
Careford’s brother, Zac Hemming, said releasing the film had been a very difficult decision, adding: “However, despite the ache of it being broadcast by the media, we as a family just hope and beg that this will connect with at least one person out there, youthfull or old, so that no one ever has to practice the unthinkable ache of losing someone so close and dearly loved.”
Ch Insp Phil Nicholas, from the Surrey and Sussex road policing unit, said any lives saved due to the video’s release would be “a valuable legacy of Michael and Kyle’s sad deaths”.
Owen’s ex-girlfriend Lauren Modest, the mother of his five-year-old daughter Lily-Rose, called the movie “heartbreaking to watch”. She said: “I know slew of people who drive rapid and I hope that this movie will showcase people that driving like this can have devastating consequences and how brief life can truly be.
“The Michael we witnessed on that movie was not the Michael that we knew, who was a loving, caring, responsible daddy. The legacy that Michael has left is our beautiful daughter … she will have to live with the influence of this horrific situation forever.”
Car crash victims families release accident footage to warn others, UK news, The Guardian
Car crash victims’ families release accident footage to warn others
Relatives of Kyle Careford and Michael Owen – who died when their car hit a church wall at 90mph – hope harrowing movie will stop dangerous driving
Warning: viewers may find this movie distressing. The families of Kyle Careford and Michael Owen have released this movie to deter others
Car crash victims’ families release accident footage to warn others
Relatives of Kyle Careford and Michael Owen – who died when their car hit a church wall at 90mph – hope harrowing movie will stop dangerous driving
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Monday twelve October two thousand fifteen Legitimate.09 BST Last modified on Monday twelve October two thousand fifteen Eighteen.16 BST
Harrowing footage displaying the minutes before two youthful guys were killed in a 90mph car crash on a country lane has been released by their families in the hope it will be a warning to others.
Driver Kyle Careford, 20, and his friend Michael Owen, 21, were three times the speed limit when their crimson Renault Clio smashed into a churchyard in Crowborough, East Sussex.
Owen, a father of one, is heard laughing as he films his friend on his mobile phone while they zoom along the narrow B2100, both high on drugs, with Owen appearing to be providing his friend instructions on how to drive.
The pair, both from Royal Tunbridge Wells, were killed instantly when they broke through the wall of St Michael and All Angels church. The footage was found by police after the mobile phone was retrieved from the scene.
Sussex Police (@sussex_police)
The families of two guys who died in #Crowborough hope releasing this movie of their final moments could save lives https://t.co/CJSrevo9EF
The inquest in Hastings last week heard how the friends had taken both prescribed and illegal drugs. Careford did not have a driving licence and was not insured to drive the car, which belonged to Owen.
After the inquest, which recorded a verdict of death by road traffic collision, Owen’s mother, Kat, said the guys were the only ones to blame for their deaths.
“We bring our children up training them right from wrong,” she said. “We guide them and give them our advice and hope they listen, but once they are adults we hope they make the right choices. I indeed don’t know why the boys chose to do what they did, but I blame them both for the decisions they made on this night.”
She said she hoped the release of the movie “stops one person from making the same mistake … and make them see that a bit of joy can have such devastating consequences”.
Youthful people should “take notice and realise that you are not invincible and take gravely how precious your lives are to yourselves and others … consider how much devastation it causes to the families and loved ones that are left behind”, she added.
Careford’s brother, Zac Hemming, said releasing the film had been a very difficult decision, adding: “However, despite the anguish of it being broadcast by the media, we as a family just hope and beg that this will connect with at least one person out there, youthful or old, so that no one ever has to practice the unthinkable ache of losing someone so close and dearly loved.”
Ch Insp Phil Nicholas, from the Surrey and Sussex road policing unit, said any lives saved due to the video’s release would be “a valuable legacy of Michael and Kyle’s sad deaths”.
Owen’s ex-girlfriend Lauren Discreet, the mother of his five-year-old daughter Lily-Rose, called the movie “heartbreaking to watch”. She said: “I know slew of people who drive prompt and I hope that this movie will display people that driving like this can have devastating consequences and how brief life can indeed be.
“The Michael we spotted on that movie was not the Michael that we knew, who was a loving, caring, responsible daddy. The legacy that Michael has left is our beautiful daughter … she will have to live with the influence of this horrific situation forever.”