‘Grossly intoxicated’ driver who killed three after driving wrong way down slip road jailed

By The Newsroom
Published 20th May 2019, 16:02 BST
Tommy Whitmore, a drink-driver who drove his pick-up truck the wrong way down a slip road on to a dual carriageway and crashed head-on into a car, killing all three people inside, has been jailed for eight years and four monthsTommy Whitmore, a drink-driver who drove his pick-up truck the wrong way down a slip road on to a dual carriageway and crashed head-on into a car, killing all three people inside, has been jailed for eight years and four months
Tommy Whitmore, a drink-driver who drove his pick-up truck the wrong way down a slip road on to a dual carriageway and crashed head-on into a car, killing all three people inside, has been jailed for eight years and four months
A drink-driver who drove his pick-up truck the wrong way down a slip road on to a dual carriageway and crashed head-on into a car, killing all three people inside, has been jailed for eight years and four months.

Tommy Whitmore, 26, had been warned by his girlfriend not to get behind the wheel after an evening out drinking at a restaurant then at a village hall, Cambridge Crown Court heard.

Prosecutor Peter Gair said Whitmore ignored her advice to sleep in his vehicle and instead drove off three minutes after she left with her parents.

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He started driving at 11.51pm on April 13 and at 11.58pm Whitmore’s Ford Ranger crashed head-on into a Renault Megane on the A1139 in Peterborough, killing the three people inside.

They were driver Marko Makula, 22, his fiancee Jana Kockova, 21, who was the front seat passenger, and her 19-year-old brother Tomas Kocko, who was the rear seat passenger.

Marko and Jana, who had two children aged two and one, had been to pick up Tomas and were on their way home when the crash happened, Mr Gair said.