Teen driver pleads guilty in Cotswolds fatal crash

A 19-year-old driver, Edward Spencer, has pleaded guilty to causing the deaths of three teenage passengers in a crash just five weeks after passing his driving test. The incident occurred in April 2023 on the B4035 Campden Road. The victims, Harry Purcell, 17, and 16-year-olds Tilly Seccombe and Frank Wormald, died from their injuries. A woman and two children in another vehicle were also seriously injured and are still receiving treatment. Spencer faces three counts of causing death and serious injury by careless driving. He has been granted bail and will be sentenced on April 28.