A drunk driver who crashed a friend’s car while fleeing the police and then ran from the scene – leaving a young mum bleeding to death in the passenger seat, has been sentenced to six and a half years in jail.

When Adam Selway was caught shortly after the crash he did not tell the police that Lucy Vaughan was in the car and vital minutes which might have saved her were lost, Gloucester crown court was told.

Lucy had been impaled on a wooden fencepost which penetrated her femoral artery and although she was still alive when she arrived in hospital she died before her parents could get there, said prosecutor Julian Kesner.

Bricklayer Selway, 22, a dad of one, of Council Villas, English Bicknor, pleaded guilty to causing Ms Vaughan’s death by dangerous driving on April 17th last year. He also admitted driving without insurance or a licence.

He was jailed for six and a half years and banned from driving for five years.

Mark Sharman, defending, said that Selway was an immature young man who had fully accepted his guilt and his responsibility for Ms Vaughan’s death.