A dangerous driver has been jailed after crashing into a car and a lorry at 90mph on the A500. Karl Ainsworth was driving his ex-partner to her Cheshire home after breaking a restraining order to meet up with her in Hanley, Staffordshire.
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Police are investigating after mindless yobs smashed 10 car windscreens in a single street.
A young mum, who doesn't even live in the area but who was a victim while she visited her friend, labelled the vandals as “d***s”.
It happened on Station Road, in Huncoat, Lancashire, in the early hours of March 5. A resident on Wellington Street, Accrington, also reported a further four windscreens being damaged.
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Lisa Ainsworth, who is formerly from Accrington but now lives in Leeds, described the damage was “disgusting”
“I was one of the lucky ones because they just smashed the side of my car window, so I could still drive my vehicle,” she told Lancs Live.
"They’re just idiots.
“They’ve done another street so they’re basically doing the rounds, aren’t they? It’s just disgusting, isn’t it? Who raises these kids?”
Lisa says she actually saw the culprits - described as two youths dressed in black riding on a quad bike - after being woken by what sounded like a car backfiring and then an alarm going off at around 5am.
“I was in the front bedroom and heard a bit of commotion outside,” she said. I saw them doing it. They were on a quad bike and had a crowbar. I thought they were putting the wing mirrors off. Then they crawled past my car and went really slowly.”
Lisa said she heard police sirens shortly afterwards and described the speed of their response as “really good”.
“They were there in five minutes,” she added.
“All the car windows were frosted over and I noticed they had hit mine in the corner so it was a football-sized gash. Luckily I could get home to Leeds as I was worried I was going to get stranded.”
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A dangerous driver has been jailed after crashing into a car and a lorry at 90mph on the A500. Karl Ainsworth was driving his ex-partner to her Cheshire home after breaking a restraining order to meet up with her in Hanley, Staffordshire.
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