SpindriftA 19-year-old man has been jailed for four years and eight months after admitting killing three of his friends by dangerous driving near Dumfries in March 2022.
Jake Loy – who was 17 at the time – was driving on the A711 when he crashed into another vehicle.
His three 16-year-old passengers – Finlay Johns, Ian Cannon and Tyler Johnston – died and three men in the other car were also injured.
Loy was jailed at the High Court in Glasgow.
Police ScotlandThe teenager – who had a provisional licence – had gone for a drive with his friends on the evening of Tuesday 15 March.
He crashed into another vehicle on the A711 at Cargenbridge, just outside Dumfries, at about 00:15 on the Wednesday morning.
The three boys – all from Moffat – died at the scene.
The three people in the other car were seriously injured, as was Loy himself.
In mitigation, Loy’s lawyer Donald Findlay KC, said: “It was very telling and quite moving when he said if he could take their place he would – he would rather it had been him.”
He said said there had been “no badness, no malice” in the actions that led to the crash.
He said from reports there was “very clear and strong evidence of survivor’s guilt”.
