This Shocking Film Captures The Moment A Joy Ride Turns Fatal

The shocking video above shows the moment two young men lost their lives after the Renault Clio they were travelling in hit a wall. Driver Kyle Careford, 20, and his passenger Michael Owen, 21, had taken a cocktail of drugs before climbing into Owen’s car and driving at speeds of up to 90mph on country lanes and residential streets.

In the video, Owen can be heard giving Careford - who didn’t even have a driving license - instructions on the country roads, however he keeps his foot planted as the pair enter residential streets. Despite Owen asking his friend to slow down, he doesn’t, with fatal consequences.

The footage has been released by Sussex Police at the request of the victims’ families. Speaking after the inquest into their deaths, Michael’s mother Kat said:

We bring our children up teaching them right from wrong. We guide them and give them our advice and hope they listen, but once they are adults we hope they make the right choices. I really don’t know why the boys chose to do what they did, but I blame them both for the decisions they made on this night.

If all this stops one person from making the same mistake, then some good has come from showing this video. I’m hoping it will have an impact on young people and make them see that a bit of fun can have such devastating consequences.

I would like all the young people out there to take notice and realise that you are not invincible and take seriously how precious your lives are to yourselves and others. I want young drivers to consider how much devastation it causes to the families and loved ones that are left behind.

Watching the video was very upsetting, but I’m hoping it can be used in a positive way, by showing young people what could happen to them.

Sussex Police confirmed the coroner had ‘recorded a verdict of death by road traffic collision on both men.’