Drug-driving maniac kills young doctor

Cannabis user gets 7yrs for smash

A MANIAC driver who was high on drugs when he killed a young doctor in an 87mph smash has been jailed.

Jake Rogers, 22, had 10 speeding points when he overtook two cars on a blind bend on a 60mph stretch of road.

His Vauxhall Viva hit Dr Alex Boorman’s Suzuki motorbike head-on as he made his way to a night shift at York Teaching Hospital last December.

The 27-year-old, of Risborough, Bucks, was declared dead at the scene on the A19 in North Yorks. Cannabis user Rogers, of Thirsk, was over the drugdrive limit.

Prosecutor Heather Gilmore told Teesside crown

Rogers & victim Dr Alex Boorman

court motorists had seen him driving dangerously. She said of one witness: “He thought he was driving, to use his words, like a ‘f***ing idiot’.” She said of the smash: “The motorbike collided with Rogers’ car. The car flipped over three times.” A driver Rogers was overtaking “saw a fireball, black smoke, and the motorbike flying through the air”. Alex’s mum Elizabeth Cinnamon said in an impact statement: “He was such a bright light.” Rogers said in a letter of apology that his actions were “unforgivable”. He admitted charges including death by dangerous driving and was sentenced to sevenand-a-half years.