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Corey Owen-Cooper has been sentenced to five years in prison after causing the death of his best friend Josh Atkins, 17, in a car crash in November 2023

The fatal incident occurred just one day after Owen-Cooper, who was 17 at the time, had got his driver's license

Police said Owen-Cooper's first words after the crash were, "I think I have killed him … I have killed my best friend," per a news release

A British teenager has been jailed for five years after causing the death of his 17-year-old best friend in a car accident just 24 hours after passing his driving test.

Corey Owen-Cooper, 19, from the city of Sheffield in the north of England, was sentenced on Friday, Nov. 7, at Sheffield Crown Court following the crash almost two years ago on Nov. 11, 2023. He pleaded guilt

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