A boy racer who broke a 16-year-old girl's spine in a 88mph crash while 'showing off' just moments before has been sentenced to a year in a young offenders institution.
Reckless, Elliot Harris, 19, had only passed his driving test three weeks before the horror crash took place in Widnes on September 3, 2023.
Liverpool Crown Court heard how the then 17-year-old had picked up the two girls from a dance class, before 'showing off' and driving at speeds of over 80mph.
The girls pleaded he slow down as he sped over a roundabout before he lost control and crashed in a 30mph zone near a junction on Alder and Water Lane in Cronton.
Following the crash, he urged passengers - a girl and two boys - to abandon a young female passenger whose spine had been fractured by the collision.
