A DRUNK driver downed pints in a pub before stealing a car and killing a six-year-old boy and two women in a horror crash. Joe-Lewis Tyler, 34, was driving a stolen BMW 3 Series when he crashed into little Leo Painter outside a school in February. 6 Leo Painter, six.
died in the horror collision Credit: SWNS 6 Drunk driver Joe-Lewis Tyler has been jailed for 18 years Credit: PA 6 His mum Gemma says she has been left "broken" by Leo's death Credit: SWNS 6 Flowers at the scene of a fatal crash on the A44 in February Credit: SWNS Mum-of-one Courtney Hemming, 26, and Claire Adkins, 39, were also killed after Tyler ploughed into their Ford Mondeo on the A44 in Spetchley, Worcestershire, in February earlier this year. They had picked up Leo from school and were taking him home, but had "no time to react" when Tyler crashed into the side of their car at 3.09pm.
Courtney, who had been due to get married and has a nine-year-old son, and Claire were pronounced dead at the scene. Leo was rushed to hospital, but also died from his injuries a short time later. Tyler had been involved in two near-misses in the minutes before the fatal crash after leaving the West Midlands Tavern.
A bartender estimated he had downed around five pints of lager and four rounds of Sambuca and Jagermeister shots before he and his friend were asked to leave for being too loud. Tyler was yesterday jailed for 18 years at Worcester Crown Court. He had earlier admitted three counts of both causing death by dangerous.