Three teens killed in Shifnal crash died due to the 'naïve actions of a young, inexperienced and newly qualified driver'
A 17-year-old driver who crashed into a tree, killing himself and two teenage friends, following a crash near Shifnal had only passed his driving test the day before the collision and was driving at “excessive speed”, an inquest heard.
Simon Evans, aged 18 and from Perton, near Wolverhampton; Jacob Holman, 17 and from Tettenhall; and 17-year-old Jenson Bridges from Brewood in South Staffordshire, all died following the crash in Offoxey Road, Tong, near Shifnal on March 14.
Mr Evans died instantly in the crash, having been ejected from the car, but the other boys succumbed to their injuries in hospital following the crash.
A fourth passenger in the car, George Taylor, 17, survived the crash, but suffered life-changing injuries.
Today (July 7), the court heard that the three dead boys were all wearing their seatbelts.
Resuming the inquests into the deaths of the three teenagers, Assistant Coroner Heath Westerman at the Coroner's Court for Shropshire, sitting at the Guildhall in Shrewsbury, heard how Jenson Bridges had been driving his 1.4l Audi A1 hatchback.
Mr Westerman told the packed coroner's court that Jenson's Audi, a hatchback with 123bhp, was MOT'd, taxed, had valid insurance and was found to have had “no mechanical defects” at the time of the crash. The driver was also clear of drugs and alcohol at the time of the incident.
