Waiter admits causing teen’s crash death Waiting to hear truth over what happened that night was like losing Jack twice
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Jack was in front seat
THE family of a teenager killed in a horror car crash last night told how finding out the accident wasn’t a tragic accident was like losing their son twice.
Jack Frame’s parents said finding out the driver acted illegally “just turned everything upside down”.
They spoke out afterr waiter Kanad Basi , 22, admitted causing the death of Jack, 16, by driving dangerously on New Trow s Road, Lesmahagow,, Lanarkshire, on Februaryy 10, 2019.
He was almost twicee the drink-drive limit, hadd taken cocaine and ecstasysy and drove into a bend at speed, lost control andnd crashed into a tree.
After the hearing, a statement from the Frameme family, including parentsnts Amanda and David, said:aid: “Losing Jack was the worst pain our family has endured but the torment comes from not knowing what happened that night.
“We mourned after what we thought was a tragic accident but to find out nearly a year later that the driver acted illegally just turned everything upside down.
“Dealing with a sudden death is hard enough but to try to deal with a death along with confusion, anger and not knowing any of the facts makes everything 100 times worse.
“It’s like losing someone twice as it created a whole other reason to grieve.
“It was hard to hear the details this morning in court – not just about finally learning how our son died but in hearing the efforts this man took to cover his tracks as it just proves he has no remorse.
“It is right Basi should serve jail time but there will never really be a ‘fair’ amount of time he serves when you think about the life-changing harm felt by the victims and their families.” Jack, of
Coalburn, Lanarkshire,khi was the h front-seat passenger in Basi’s car and suffered catastrophic head injuries. He died at the scene.
At the High Court in Glasgow yesterday, Basi, from Pollokshields, Glasgow, was told by judge Lord Mulholland: “This is an utter tragedy for the family of the deceased who lost his life with catastrophic injuries which you were responsible for with your driving.
“If ever there was a case that showed the folly of the combination of drugs, alcohol and speed, it is this case.”
Rear passengers Aiden O’Donnell and Eleanor Plenderleith suffered horrific injuries in the crash.
Prosecutor Jane Farquharson told the court Basi had driven to a party in Lesmahagow in his
BMW 1 seriesi two-doord coupe at about 1am.
A number of the partygoers were impressed by the car and clamoured to go for a spin in it and three of them drove off with him at 2am.
Ms Farquharson said: “As the accused approached a right-hand bend, he lost control of the car.
“His vehicle left the carriageway, mounted the grass verge, collided with a wire fence and struck a tree in the grounds of Hallandbush Golf Club.
“Due to this impact, Jack Frame was thrown forward and trapped within the front passenger side of the vehicle.
“His head was wedged underneath the glove box area.”
None of the passengers was wearing a seat belt. Basi, who was wearing one, suffered a broken wrist.
The prosecutor added: “Neither passenger has any recollection about the incident itself, or what happened thereafter.”
The court heard that Basi used Aiden’s phone to call 999 and during that conversation claimed he (Basi) was the driver.
However, later sitting in the back of an ambulance he was asked by police if he was the driver and replied: “I can’t remember now but give me half an hour or so and I might remember.”
A blood sample taken from him showed the presence of cocaine and ecstasy.
Lord Mulholland remanded first offender Basi in custody and deferred sentence.