Sentencing over collision in which teenager died in Holymoorside
17-year-old Lucy Knowles was a passenger in a blue Skoda Fabia
Lucy Knowles, 17, who was from Chesterfield, was a passenger in a blue Skoda Fabia which collided with trees off Harewood Road on April 2nd last year.
She was taken to hospital with serious injuries, where she later passed away.
The driver of the Skoda, William Eade, now 19-years-old, of Enfield Road Newbold, was arrested on suspicion of drug driving and dangerous driving before being released under investigation.
Pleading guilty to charges later brought at Derby Crown Court, Eade was sentenced to 10 months imprisonment, and will be disqualified from driving for five years after his release.