Shocking CCTV shows the moment the grey BMW, driven by Joe-Lewis Tyler, ploughed into a taxi and killed three people - including a toddler. Horror footage (click to play above) captures how Tyler, who was drunk and high on drugs, lost control of his BMW 3-series and sent the taxi spinning ‘180 degrees and ended up on a grass verge’. Tyler, 34, had downed five pints and four Jagerbomb and Sambuca shots as well as taking cocaine and cannabis before getting behind the wheel on Feb 22 this year.
He was uninsured and driving erratically and at high speeds when he crashed, killing six-year-old Leo Painter who had just been picked up from school at 3pm. Advertisement Advertisement Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to Burnley Express, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you. Taxi driver Courtney Hemming, 26, and Claire Adkins, 39, who was escorting Leo to his foster home, died at the scene on the A44 on Spetchley Road in Worcester.
Meanwhile Leo was rushed to hospital but died of multiple injuries the next day. Tyler was arrested at the scene and tests revealed he had up to 215 milligrams of alcohol per 100ml of blood – the legal limit being 80ml. An average reading showed he had 159ml – still almost twice the legal limit.
Blood tests also showed high levels of cocaine and cannabis in his system. Tyler, who spent three weeks in hospital after suffering a broken shin and having spinal surgery, pleaded guilty to three counts of causing death by .