DANGEROUS DRIVING
UNINSURED 141MPH DRIVER JAILED AFTER CRASHING INTO TAXI SERIOUSLY INJURING CABBIE ON A48
An 18-year-old BMW driver who reached an extreme speed before crashing into a taxi has been sent to a Young Offender Institution. Max Dangerfield overtook police on the A48 at Cross Hands at high speed and accelerated away when they activated their blue lights, before officers soon discovered the horrific collision scene. Crash investigators later revealed that Dangerfield was travelling at over 141mph in a 70mph zone at the moment of impact. The force of the crash pushed the taxi into the central reservation and back to the nearside verge, trapping the taxi driver inside and
requiring fire crews to free him before he was rushed to hospital. The taxi driver suffered severe injuries, including seven fractured ribs, lung bruising, a liver laceration, and bleeds on the brain. In a statement read to Swansea Crown Court, the driver shared that he was bed-bound for months, unable to work for half a year, and
forced to give up night shifts as he continued to deal with long-term health issues from the crash. Two passengers in the taxi were also taken to hospital for checks. The defendant, of Felinfoel, pleaded guilty to causing serious injury by dangerous driving. Judge Huw Rees stated: “This was an atrocious example of bad driving. You could have killed a number of people. All this is due to your selfish want to drive at an extreme speed.” Dangerfield was sentenced to 28 months in custody, a 50-month driving disqualification and an extended retest requirement.
SENTENCE INCREASED FOR SNAPCHAT DRIVER WHO KILLED CABBIE IN 100MPH CRASH
A 21-year-old cleaner who filmed herself driving at nearly 100mph on Snapchat before causing a fatal head-on collision has had her prison term increased to nine years and three months. Liberty Mitchell, who had passed her driving test just three weeks prior to the December 2022 crash, was originally sentenced to six years and eight months at Gloucester Crown Court. Senior judges at the Court of Appeal lengthened the sentence after Attorney General Ellie Reeves KC MP referred the case as unduly lenient, pointing to
Mitchell’s
reckless behaviour and history of sharing dangerous speeding videos on social media. The tragedy unfolded when Mitchell attempted to overtake three vehicles at once on the
60
wrong side of a 60mph road, eventually clipping a car and causing a major pile-up. The crash claimed the lives of taxi driver Octavian Codreanu and his passenger, Moyra Whelan, who was travelling to a wedding. Mitchell pleaded guilty to multiple charges, including causing death and serious injury by dangerous driving, as well as driving without valid insurance since her policy did not cover work-related travel. Other passengers involved
suffered catastrophic injuries, including broken bones, severe abdominal wounds, and long-term psychological trauma. While defence counsel argued that Mitchell’s actions stemmed from “inexperience rather than irresponsibility,” Judge Lowe condemned her conduct, telling her she was “a reckless and immature young driver suffering from the, frankly common, teenage delusion that you were invulnerable and free to do as you wished.” Welcoming the extended sentence, the Attorney General noted that Mitchell showed a complete “disregard for the danger she posed to
others,”
leaving lives irrevocably shattered by her decision-making behind the wheel.
SEPTEMBER 2026 PHTM
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