Haunting footage shows how teen used phone NINE times while driving before he left mum paralysed in horror crash

HAUNTING footage shows however a teen utilized his telephone 9 times portion driving earlier helium near a mum paralysed successful a fearfulness crash.

George Taylor made calls, sent texts and recorded 5 videos portion speeding and overtaking implicit cars successful a one-hour period.

The 19-year-old lone had his driving licence for 12 weeks erstwhile helium smashed into the backmost of mum Catherine's Skoda.

Even past Taylor failed to halt looking astatine his mobile and messaged a pal, saying: "I've conscionable crashed".

Catherine was near paralysed from the cervix down successful the horror and present requires lifelong attraction and support.

Taylor has been jailed for 2 years and 2 months astatine Norwich Crown Court aft helium admitted causing superior wounded by unsafe driving.

Catherine's household told however the "gregarious" mum is incapable to respire decently and can't talk pursuing the crash.

Her dada said: "I’ll ne'er hide that time erstwhile we were told she had been successful an accident, and past arriving astatine the infirmary to beryllium facing the world that we whitethorn suffer her.

"To perceive that my lone girl whitethorn not past was heart-breaking and, arsenic her dad, each I wanted to bash was marque everything amended for her.

“The past 22 months person been traumatic and portion I can’t alteration anything, I anticipation that by speaking retired I tin marque others alert of what tin hap connected the roads. Catherine’s beingness was changed successful a divided second, and I wouldn’t privation that connected anyone.

“My absorption present is to assistance Catherine and her lad arsenic overmuch arsenic I tin to marque their lives arsenic comfy arsenic possible.”

The fearfulness unfolded connected January 18, 2023, arsenic Taylor drove to college.

At 9.56am, the teen sent his archetypal video of him driving with his knees earlier flipping the camera for a selfie.

He sent different akin clip astatine 10.23am, earlier pursuing it up 8 minutes aboriginal with different video and a photo.

Taylor past began messaging a person astatine 10.35am portion driving his achromatic Volkswagen Golf connected the A47.

At 10.43am, the operator shared different video arsenic helium drove done the rainfall connected his knees and a photograph earlier taking a phonecall.

A substance was sent 3 minutes later, followed by a 2nd phonecall astatine 10.56am.

He received a connection astatine 11.06am pointing retired helium was connected his telephone portion driving - conscionable seconds earlier helium crashed.

Norfolk Police said Taylor failed to spot Catherine's Skoda Fabia arsenic she waited to tun successful beforehand of him.

The teen crashed into the rear of her car, which caused the mum to endure a cardiac arrest.

An off-duty paramedic provided life-saving attraction astatine the country earlier she was rushed to hospital.

As good arsenic a jailhouse sentence, Taylor was banned from driving for 40 months and told helium indispensable instrumentality an extended driving trial earlier helium tin get down the instrumentality again.

Speaking aft the sentencing, pb investigating officer, Sgt Callum Walchester, said: “This is simply a profoundly tragic lawsuit which, similar galore collisions, could person been wholly avoidable.

“Catherine was a acceptable and steadfast parent who now, arsenic a effect of Taylor’s actions, volition unrecorded retired the remainder of her beingness paralysed and requiring lifelong attraction and support.

“Catherine and her household person agreed for america to archer her communicative to item the dangers that utilizing a mobile telephone poses, successful the anticipation that nary 1 other is successful their position. This is testament to their spot and outlook and for that, I convey them.

“George Taylor made aggregate decisions to usage his mobile telephone that time and successful doing truthful enactment himself and everyone other astatine important risk. It was Catherine who has paid the price.

“Please, if you instrumentality thing other from this message, delight ticker the video and ticker however rapidly things tin alteration and realise the precise existent consequences, please, conscionable think.”