Overview
- Corey Owen Cooper, 19, was sentenced at Sheffield Crown Court after pleading guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and causing serious injury.
- The crash occurred on November 11, 2023, a day after he passed his test, when he lost control of his grandfather’s Fiat on Myers Grove Lane in a 20mph zone.
- Police evidence put the car at about 53mph before it struck a barrier, following earlier wheel spins and “doughnuts” in a car park.
- Another passenger, named as Gabe Wiggett, suffered serious injuries, and a witness reported the overturned car and Cooper saying he had killed his best friend.
- Friends said dashboard warning lights had been on due to a faulty ABS system, and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals said Josh Atkins’s donated organs saved four people.