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| A young driver drove so close to the back of a friend's car he was unable to avoid him when the car crashed, killing three teenagers, a court has heard. | A young driver drove so close to the back of a friend's car he was unable to avoid him when the car crashed, killing three teenagers, a court has heard. |
| Driver Sam Crouchley, 18, died on the A95 Keith to Banff road alongside his 15-year-old passengers Rebecca Dick and Amy Jaffray in 2006. | Driver Sam Crouchley, 18, died on the A95 Keith to Banff road alongside his 15-year-old passengers Rebecca Dick and Amy Jaffray in 2006. |
| Grampian Pc Alan Robertson told the court the cars were close together. | |
| Callum Wood, 21, denies dangerous driving, at Elgin Sheriff Court. The trial continues. | Callum Wood, 21, denies dangerous driving, at Elgin Sheriff Court. The trial continues. |
| Mr Crouchley, of Deskford, Ms Dick, from Burghead, and Ms Jaffray, from New Elgin, were killed when Mr Crouchley's Seat Ibiza crashed with a people carrier on a bridge. Mr Wood was driving a Ford Focus. | |
| 'Like a bomb' | |
| Pc Robertson said the impact of the collision caused the roof box of the oncoming people carrier to fly off and hit the Focus. | |
| Asked if he knew the speed of the vehicle, he said: "The conclusion was that the speed of the Seat was 83mph." | |
| Depute fiscal, Geoff Main, asked: "Your conclusion is that the Ibiza approached the bridge and the driver lost control and hit the Espace. | |
| "What happened to the Seat?" | |
| He replied: "It went round on the carriageway, the front of the Seat came into contact with the Ford Focus, you could say that they were very close together." | |
| The car exploded "like a bomb" after an alleged race ended in the crash, the trial earlier heard. | The car exploded "like a bomb" after an alleged race ended in the crash, the trial earlier heard. |