Speeding Audi driver who left teenage scooter rider fighting for life torched car to cover his tracks
A speeding driver who crashed into a teenage scooter rider and left him fighting for his life torched his car in a bid to cover his tracks. Christopher Marshall-McIntosh was seen driving his silver Audi A4 at “excessive speed” in Back Lane, Cambourne[1].
He collided with a 15-year-old boy, who was riding a push-scooter, throwing him into the air. Marshall-McIntosh was seen speeding away while the boy was taken to Addenbrooke’s Hospital[2] in a life threatening condition.
The crash happened at about 8.45pm on Tuesday, March 5. At about 10.20pm the same night, the fire service informed police that an Audi A4 had been found on fire just off Highfields Road, in Highfields Caldecote.
Marshall-McIntosh, 32, handed himself in at Parkside Police Station at about 9.20am the following morning (March 6). On Friday (July 12) at Cambridge Crown Court[5], Marshall-McIntosh, of Marshall’s Close, Teversham, was jailed for one year and 11 months. He was also disqualified from driving for five years and four months.
He pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to causing serious injury by careless driving and perverting the course of justice.
‘Selfish’ driver fled after ‘completely avoidable collision’
Christopher Marshall-McIntosh, 32 handed himself in to police the morning after the crash (Image: Cambs Police)
In a victim impact statement the victim, who has been left with lasting injuries, said: “The effect the collision has had on my life is huge. I was a hard-working, high achieving 15-year-old with my whole life ahead of me. This collision has brought a stop to my childhood and youth.”
DS Craig Wheeler, of the BCH Serious Collision Investigation Unit (SCIU), said: “Marshall-Mcintosh’s driving and behaviour on the night was absolutely appalling. He knew he had struck and seriously injured a child in a completely avoidable collision, caused solely by the poor manner of his driving. He then selfishly fled the scene and tried to cover up what he had done by taking his car to a remote area in Caldicote and setting it on fire.
“Thankfully we managed to quickly identify him as the driver, which led to him handing himself into police the next day. This collision has left an innocent 15-year-old boy with life changing injuries; I hope he and his family can take some justice from today’s sentence.
“We will not tolerate such appalling behaviour on our roads and I hope this sentence highlights our commitment to pursuing justice for those serious injured on our roads.”
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