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| Triple death driver pleads guilty | Triple death driver pleads guilty |
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| A man has pleaded guilty to causing the deaths of three teenagers in a car crash on Anglesey. | A man has pleaded guilty to causing the deaths of three teenagers in a car crash on Anglesey. |
| The impact killed Rebecca Jane Lee, 18, best friend Elin Rowlands, 15, also known as Ellie Chambers, who was a triplet, and Clifford Thomas Jones, 17. | The impact killed Rebecca Jane Lee, 18, best friend Elin Rowlands, 15, also known as Ellie Chambers, who was a triplet, and Clifford Thomas Jones, 17. |
| Stacey Williams, 17, was critically injured and remains in hospital. | Stacey Williams, 17, was critically injured and remains in hospital. |
| Richard Brown pleaded guilty to three counts of causing death by dangerous driving and driving under the influence of alcohol at Caernarfon Crown Court. | Richard Brown pleaded guilty to three counts of causing death by dangerous driving and driving under the influence of alcohol at Caernarfon Crown Court. |
| Brown, 24, appeared in the dock in a wheelchair. | |
| He was remanded in custody until June 29 for a pre-sentence report. | |
| His counsel acknowledged that he faced a lengthy jail term. | |
| Rebecca Lee, Ellie Chambers and Clifford Jones all died | |
| Brown is said to have no memory of the tragedy. | |
| The accident happened in the early hours of the morning of 28 Feburary at Holyhead Road in Menai Bridge. | The accident happened in the early hours of the morning of 28 Feburary at Holyhead Road in Menai Bridge. |
| At the time North Wales Police described the scene which confronted their officers, where the Citroen C2 car left the A5 at shortly before 0100 GMT on Saturday and ran into a tree, as "horrific". | |
| They said road and weather conditions were good at the time and their investigations were concentrating on why the vehicle left Holyhead Road, which has a 30 mph speed limit. | |
| Brown suffered a broken leg, ankle, pelvis and a fractured vertebra in his neck in the crash. | |
| Hundreds of mourners turned out to the funerals, which were held on Anglesey and in Bangor, for the three who died. |