Ross Clark guilty of causing Lucy Commins' crash death

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A man has been convicted of causing the death of a teenage girl in a car crash near Coventry.

Ross Clark, 38, of London Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, was the driver of a silver Mercedes that 16-year-old Lucy Commins was in.

Clark pulled into the path of two drivers who were street racing - Reece Jones and Sean Sparkes - who were sentenced in November.

He was found guilty of causing death by careless driving.

'Serious injury'

He was also convicted at Warwick Crown Court on Wednesday of failing to provide a blood specimen while under the influence of drink.

The crash happened in Ansty Road, Walsgrave on Sowe, in February 2014.

West Midlands Police said Clark had met Miss Commins and a friend at a pub and had taken them to get cigarettes from a nearby petrol station.

The force said he pulled out of a junction into the path of two racing cars.

A Ford Fiesta swerved to avoid the Mercedes, but a VW Golf ploughed into the side of it causing Lucy's death and serious injury to her friend.

Clark was also badly injured in the crash.

Sparkes, 33, of Nuneaton Road, Bulkington, was jailed for six years and six months and Jones, 24, of Attoxhall Road, Coventry, was sentenced to eight years and nine months over the crash.

PC Adam Green said: "Clark has never given any explanation as to what happened that evening... but it is without doubt his actions contributed to the death of a teenage girl who had her whole life before her.

"Sadly no sentence... will bring Lucy back for her family."

Clark was remanded in custody until sentencing in August.