TWO DANGEROUS drivers who sped at more than 100mph have been jailed for causing the death of a teenager.

Bryn Coughlan had offered a lift to Fraser Hallam and another friend ahead of a football match in Horsham in August 2017.

On the way, he raced in his modified green Ford Focus against Christopher Keating in a modified black Honda Civic.

But as they zoomed at speeds of up to 114 mph, Coughlan's car left the road and careered into a tree on the A264 Five Oaks Road.

It left 19-year-old Fraser Hallam dead at the scene and the other passenger injured in Worthing Hospital.

Police investigating the crash described both drivers as "totally irresponsible and dangerous" and said they were trying to "show off" to each other.

Coughlan, 24, and Keating, 29, faced charges of causing death by dangerous driving.

Keating had denied the charge and stood trial at Hove Crown Court. The court was told he had stopped, turned around and returned to the scene to help.

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Police at first did not know who was driving the black Honda, until Keating handed himself in for interview.

A jury found him guilty of dangerous driving and being involved in the crash, which happened in August 2017.

Coughlan had already admitted the charge at an earlier date.

Both men appeared at Hove Crown Court today for sentencing for their crime.

Car salesman Coughlan, of Daux Avenue in Billingshurst, was jailed for four years. He was banned from driving for six and a half years. He will have to take an extended driving test if he is ever allowed to drive again.

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Keating, a foreman from Eastcroft Mews in Horsham was sentenced to three months in prison by Judge Jeremy Gold QC. He was banned from driving for two years.

After the case, PC Karen Whitehouse said: ""I hope this goes out as a lesson to young drivers and those who decide to drive recklessly; it can have a huge and often tragic consequences.

"Both men had cars which had been modified to be more powerful, and witnesses described the rumbling noises coming from them which would signify them as high-performance.

"However both men decided that day to show off to each other, driving in a totally irresponsible and dangerous manner which not only put them in danger but also other motorists.

"Tragically a young man, with his whole life ahead of him, lost his life that day because the driver put his desire to show off above his passengers safety."

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