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Drugged-up Scot driving at 100mph killed two young men in horror crash
22.12.2022 - 18:33 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A drugged-up driver who went at speeds of more than 100mph killed two young men in a horror crash.
Taylor Hanlon lost control of his high-powered Subaru on the A706 near Kepscaith Farm in West Lothian on August 29, 2020.
The unemployed 27-year-old's car landed upturned in a field. Connor Elgey, 19, and Troi Lawton, 23, had been passengers in the vehicle.
Promising chef Connor never survived having been trapped in the wrecked Subaru. Troi - a mechanic - was flung out the vehicle and also died.
Father and son Andrew and John Goldie - who were the other passengers - were badly hurt as a result of horrific crash.
Tests later showed Hanlon had earlier taken cocaine, cannabis and Valium before getting behind the wheel in the early hours of that morning.
Hanlon today pled guilty to causing the deaths and serious injury to the other men by dangerous driving. He is already behind bars for a domestic abuse matter.
Hanlon, of Bathgate, West Lothian, will return to the dock in the new year. He had been driving that morning taking him and the others to Andrew Goldie's home.
Prosecutor Chris McKenna said the journey took him onto the A71 in West Calder, West Lothian. Mr McKenna told the High Court in Glasgow: "The speed limit is set at 60mph. Hanlon was recorded travelling at a speed of approximately 111mph."
One witness recalled hearing "wheels screeching". The court heard he continued to go over the limit as the men neared Kepscaith Farm.
Mr McKenna then explained: "He negotiated a bend at excessive speed, lost control and mounted a kerb. He collided with wall which resulted in the vehicle becoming airborne.
"The car landed in an adjacent field and repeatedly overturned before coming to a stop upside down."
Troi and the Goldies were flung from
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