Young Stourbridge mother 'killed after 80mph race crash'
A YOUNG mother was killed after the car she was in hurtled into a wall as two 'dangerous' drivers raced at almost 80mph, a court heard.
Joseph Chance and Dylan Stringer were zooming along a Stourbridge road in two vehicles when the fatal crash occurred last April.
Former Dudley College student Nadine Foster, who was a front seat passenger in Stringer's Ford Focus, was left with serious injuries when the car ploughed into a wall.
The 18-year-old mother, who also studied at Stourbridge's Pedmore Technology College, died in hospital 10 days later, Wolverhampton Crown Court was told.
Opening the case on Tuesday, prosecutor Mr Paul Spratt said learner driver Chance faces trial after denying he caused Miss Foster's death but revealed Stringer already confessed to his guilt.
He added: "You may ultimately come to the conclusion that they were racing. It is the prosecution's case that although Chance was not involved in the collision his actions were equally responsible for the death of Miss Foster.
"It is the prosecution's case the because he was driving in the way he did, his driving was a cause of the accident."
The trio had been drinking in Stourbridge's Chicago Rock Cafe before deciding to leave the Rye Market bar on April 16.
They headed in the same direction towards the victim's Stourbridge home, before the two drivers began flouting the speed limit in Hagley Road, Oldswinford.
Chance, who was driving his Renault Clio, and Stringer rocketed across the road at high speed, both overtaking another vehicle, Mr Spratt said.
Jurors were told there were just two seconds between the two cars as they reached speeds of almost 80mph before Springer's vehicle crashed into a wall.
The prosecution allege Chance, whose car did not have L plates, contributed to Miss Foster's death, as both men should have realised their driving could have led to the fatal smash.
Mr Spratt maintained if 25-year-old Chance had not been driving dangerously the deadly crash would not have occurred.
The court was told Stringer, of Wychbury Road, Stourbridge, previously admitted causing the death of Miss Foster by driving dangerously.
Chance, of Murcroft Avenue, admitted dangerous driving at an earlier hearing but denies causing death by dangerous driving.
The trial continues.
