Teen Driver Pleads Guilty to Causing Crash That Killed Three Passengers

Edward Spencer, 19, admitted to careless driving five weeks after earning his license, resulting in three deaths and serious injuries to a woman and two children.

• The crash occurred in April 2023 on the B4035 Campden Road between Chipping Campden and Shipston-on-Stour in Warwickshire.
• Edward Spencer, who had passed his driving test only five weeks earlier, lost control of his car, causing a collision with another vehicle.
• Three teenage passengers—Harry Purcell (17), Tilly Seccombe (16), and Frank Wormald (16)—died from injuries sustained in the crash.
• A woman and two children in the other car suffered life-changing injuries and are still receiving treatment.
• Spencer pleaded guilty to six charges, including causing death and serious injury by careless driving, and will be sentenced on April 28, 2025.

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