http://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/

This man stole his mother's car having never been behind the wheel before never mind had a lesson. Approaching a mini-roundabout at 50mph in a 30mph zone he had a choice to carry straight on, instead he tried to turn 90 degrees right and made about 45....

The building he hit was a commercial laundry with all the heavy machines on the upper floor. When the front wall was knocked out by the car all the building collapsed on top of him so a car the size of a Nissan Micra or Volkswagen Polo achieved a result a crane and wrecking ball would have been proud of....

DEATH CRASH MAN HAD NO DRIVING LICENCE

A YOUNG man who had never had a driving lesson was killed when he slammed his mother's car at high speed into a Hoole dry cleaners.

At this week's inquest it was revealed that 20-year-old Dean Littler did not have a driving licence and had no experience behind the wheel.

Mr Littler, of Willow Grove, Hoole, lost control of the Vauxhall Nova when attempting to negotiate the mini roundabout at the junction of Hoole Lane and Canadian Avenue, sending the car careering into Town and Country Cleaners in August last year.

In recording a verdict of accidental death, Chester coroner Nicholas Rheinberg, said: "His gross inexperience was a major factor in the collision. For all we know, this is possibly his first experience in a car."

Submitted on 02/17/02

Submitted by: Anonymous
Reference: www.chesterstandard.co.uk

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Pilchard said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
Worth mentioning simply because the Nova is a classic boy racer's car. One less to annoy the rest of us. The gene pool gets a little cleaner.

Q-C said:
Maybe Toss: Too Common

Darwin said:
Definitely Toss: Too Common
Just another driving accident!

R&B said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
It's there as reported, coroner's conclusion ""I have to determine what's most likely to have to have happened and I think it's most likely that Mr Littler was attempting to turn the corner, but due to his complete driving inexperience, he miscalculated the manoeuvre and was unable to make the turn."

Teela said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
i'm not sure about this one. Joyriding is very common in some areas of the UK. Most kids survive, but there are a significant number of injury's and deaths every year

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