A woman has avoided an immediate jail term after she left two of her friends injured in a nasty car crash.

Chloe Leech was celebrating her 19th birthday when she took her pals out for a drive in her new BMW.

A court heard she had been "racing" with another car on before she lost control as she overtook the vehicle, causing her car to roll over multiple times before coming to rest in a field.

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One of her passengers suffered a fractured spine and a second was also injured, Newcastle Crown Court heard.

And now Leech, of Newington Drive, North Shields, has been given a suspended prison sentence, CronicleLive reports.

Leech had picked up

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