A drunk driver who admitted causing the death of a passenger when he crashed into a tree at over 60mph after a night out has been jailed for seven years. Ethan Entwistle, 18, died when Colby Hammond, 20, lost control of his Seat Ibiza at high speed with three passengers in Dumpton Park Drive, Broadstairs, on October 1, 2023.

Hammond admitted causing death by dangerous driving in June, having sped up to 75mph on a residential carriageway with a 30mph limit moments before he lost control. The car hit a tree planted on the side of the road at over 60mph and did "terrible" damage to the passenger seat, where Ethan had been sitting.

At Canterbury Crown Court on Thursday (August 28) the court heard that one of the other passengers had told police it was a "pretty normal thing" for Hammond to d

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