Overview

• Henry Taylor, 21, and Harrison Taylor, 19, appeared at Poole Magistrates’ Court charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
• Magistrates ruled the matter too serious for summary trial and committed it to Bournemouth Crown Court for a hearing next month, granting unconditional bail.
• Prosecutors allege the brothers left a single address to drive a loop of the peninsula and were racing on 30mph Banks Road.
• It is said Harrison’s Mercedes A200 left the road and hit a gatepost before being struck by Henry’s BMW 135i, pushing the Mercedes into a garden wall.
• Front-seat passenger Mia Savage, 17, was cut free after being mechanically trapped and was airlifted to Southampton Hospital with injuries described as life-changing.