A teenager killed his best friend during a collision while driving ‘deplorably’ the day after passing his practical test.

Corey Owen Cooper has been jailed for five years today after causing the death of his friend Josh Atkins, 17, and seriously injuring another teen, Gabe Wiggett.

The new driver lost control of his granddad’s Fiat after speeding more than 30mph over the 20mph limit as he was going around a bend and rammed into a metal barrier, flipping the car.

Moments after the Cooper, who was 17 at the time, realised what had happened, he said: ‘What have I done? I’ve killed my best friend.’

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