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| Driver jailed for horrific crash | Driver jailed for horrific crash |
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| A drugged driver who left a mother and daughter with one leg each after ploughing into shoppers in a "horrific crash" has been jailed for four years. | A drugged driver who left a mother and daughter with one leg each after ploughing into shoppers in a "horrific crash" has been jailed for four years. |
| Alberto Ramos, 33, was high on crystal meth when he lost control of his car in Regent Street, London, last February. | Alberto Ramos, 33, was high on crystal meth when he lost control of his car in Regent Street, London, last February. |
| Kayleigh Reeve, 21, and her mother Victoria, 43, from West Yorkshire, both had to have their right legs amputated. | Kayleigh Reeve, 21, and her mother Victoria, 43, from West Yorkshire, both had to have their right legs amputated. |
| Ramos, of St John's Wood, north-west London, admitted dangerous driving and two counts of unlawful wounding. | Ramos, of St John's Wood, north-west London, admitted dangerous driving and two counts of unlawful wounding. |
| 'Heap of bodies' | 'Heap of bodies' |
| Southwark Crown Court heard that Ramos had snorted a gram of crystal meth the night before the crash. | |
| He later told a probation officer that having run out he decided to meet his dealer and get some more. | He later told a probation officer that having run out he decided to meet his dealer and get some more. |
| He was driving home after buying more drugs when he ploughed into the group of shoppers on Regent Street, the court heard. | |
| When police arrived they were met with a "tangled heap of bodies" in front of Ramos' car, jurors heard. | When police arrived they were met with a "tangled heap of bodies" in front of Ramos' car, jurors heard. |
| The collision was horrific, you caused mayhem Judge Geoffrey Rivlin, QC | The collision was horrific, you caused mayhem Judge Geoffrey Rivlin, QC |
| Karen Holt, prosecuting, said: "The collision left six victims in hospital. Two of them, a mother and daughter, lost their right legs... as a direct result of this defendant's driving. | Karen Holt, prosecuting, said: "The collision left six victims in hospital. Two of them, a mother and daughter, lost their right legs... as a direct result of this defendant's driving. |
| "A number of others were also seriously injured." | "A number of others were also seriously injured." |
| Ms Reeve, from Pontefract, was celebrating her 21st birthday on the day of the collision. | Ms Reeve, from Pontefract, was celebrating her 21st birthday on the day of the collision. |
| She was thrown up in the air and landed on her back near the front driver's wheel. | She was thrown up in the air and landed on her back near the front driver's wheel. |
| Judge Geoffrey Rivlin QC said: "This was a calamitous collision with your car and a number of pedestrians as you mounted a pavement in the heart of the West End. | Judge Geoffrey Rivlin QC said: "This was a calamitous collision with your car and a number of pedestrians as you mounted a pavement in the heart of the West End. |
| "The collision was horrific, you caused mayhem." | "The collision was horrific, you caused mayhem." |