Man, 39, banned from the road got behind the wheel for 'something to do'... before leaving three people seriously hurt in horror smash

A man banned from the road crashed his friend's car while speeding, leaving three people seriously hurt. Alix Grant, 39, got behind the wheel, looking for 'for something to do'.

He attempted to overtake another car, driving on the wrong side of the road. Travelling with 'excessive speed' around a bend, on Shepley Road in Audenshaw, Tameside, he crashed into two young men driving home.

Those two men, who told a court they were 'lucky to be alive'; Grant; and his pal were left seriously hurt following the incident on January 6, 2021.

At Minshull Street Crown Court, Judge Bernadette Baxter told Grant - who has an 'appalling record' of driving offences - his crimes were 'extremely serious'. He was jailed for causing injury by dangerous driving, along with an affray charge, the details of which were heard at a separate hearing.

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Prosecuting, Chloe Fordham said Grant offered to drive a friend home from a party earlier in the evening as she'd had a drink. He drove her home in her own car, which he was not insured to drive. Grant was also banned from the road following a previous offence.

Grant later suggested they 'go for a drive for something to do'. They set off again in her car.

CCTV footage showed Grant speeding and driving on the wrong side of the road. Two men driving home in the opposite direction described the moment they noticed Grant speeding towards them in a statements read to court.

"I just remember seeing a set of lights coming straight for me," one said. "The car was coming so quickly it felt like 90 miles per hour."

The man said it was 'like an operating theatre on the road' following the smash. He suffered