{"id":130321,"date":"2023-09-18T19:02:59","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T19:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=130321"},"modified":"2023-09-18T19:02:59","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T19:02:59","slug":"norwich-city-footballer-20-jailed-over-horror-car-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/world-news\/norwich-city-footballer-20-jailed-over-horror-car-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Norwich City footballer, 20, jailed over horror car crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Norwich City footballer, 20, jailed over horror car crash which injured three people after inhaling hippy crack<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Flynn Clarke&#8217;s BMW swerved into the opposite carriageway and into motorhome<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He has been jailed for 12 months and is banned from driving for 30 months\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A Norwich City footballer has been jailed for a year for causing a horrific car crash that injured three people when he lost control of his car are inhaling hippy crack.<\/p>\n<p>Flynn Clarke&#8217;s BMW swerved into the opposite carriageway in April last year and crashed into a motorhome, leaving a passenger fearing he&#8217;d never walk again.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A court heard the professional player, 20, lost control after clipping a kerb while exiting a roundabout after taking laughing gas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The crash also left the driver of the motorhome which suffered significant injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Clarke, who has also played for Scotland&#8217;s under-21 side, admitted three counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/18\/00\/75538817-12529575-image-m-96_1694993765301.jpg\" height=\"801\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Flynn Clarke&#8217;s (pictured) BMW swerved into the opposite carriageway in April last year &#8211; and crashed into a motorhome<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/18\/00\/75538819-12529575-image-m-99_1694994140919.jpg\" height=\"946\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A court heard the Norwich City player, 20, lost control after clipping a kerb while exiting a roundabout<\/p>\n<p>Peterborough Crown Court heard he also accepts having used nitrous oxide &#8211; more commonly known as laughing gas, or the street name of &#8216;hippy crack&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>However, there were &#8216;unclear and conflicting accounts&#8217; whether it had been taken at the time or immediately prior to the collision.<\/p>\n<p>Jailing Clarke for 12 months and banning him from driving for 30 months, Judge Sean Enright said his actions had led to &#8216;immense harm&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors said witnesses had described the young professional footballer driving in an &#8216;indecisive manner&#8217; and struggling to stay in his lane prior to the crash, which occurred on the A47 near Thorney, Cambridgeshire.<\/p>\n<p>He was driving with his girlfriend in the front passenger seat and three male friends in the back, the court was told.<\/p>\n<p>Clarke&#8217;s BMW then swerved into the opposite carriageway and ploughed head-on into a motorhome.<\/p>\n<p>The owner of the motorhome vehicle, a HGV driver, said he has been unable to work since the crash which left him with a fractured pelvis, knee, hip and ankle.<\/p>\n<p>He has since been forced to undergo multiple operations including a hip replacement.<\/p>\n<p>In a victim impact statement read to the court, he added that his injuries had left him unable to do things he previously took for granted &#8211; including playing football with his grandson.<\/p>\n<p>The victim said said: &#8216;Over the last 16 months I have been in pain and discomfort.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/18\/00\/75538741-12529575-image-a-97_1694993811360.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Peterborough crown court (pictured) heard he also accepts having used nitrous oxide &#8211; more commonly known as laughing gas<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This incident sends a shiver up my back when I think of it, and how the consequences should have been very different.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>A 21-year-old passenger in Clarke&#8217;s BMW told the court he&#8217;d feared he may never walk again after being airlifted to hospital with internal bleeding, having sustained a broken collar bone, sternum and vertebrae.<\/p>\n<p>The young man added he could be in pain for the rest of his life and that, while Clarke did not set out to cause the crash, he &#8216;has to live with the consequences&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Clarke&#8217;s defence counsel, Tommy Dominguez KC, said the crash had occurred due to a &#8216;momentary lapse of concentration&#8217; and added that Clarke had shown &#8216;significant remorse&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He has not looked to offer any excuses,&#8217; he said. &#8216;He has taken full responsibility for his actions.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The court was also told Norwich City was likely to terminate the footballer&#8217;s employment if he was sent to prison.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Enright also banned Clarke from driving for 30 months.<\/p>\n<p>Clarke, born in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, was signed by Norwich in 2021 after just a handful of senior appearances for Peterborough United.<\/p>\n<p>He had a brief loan spell with League Two club Walsall last year and was signed on loan earlier this month by National League outfit Dagenham &amp; Redbridge.<\/p>\n<p>He made his debut for Scotland&#8217;s U21 side in September last year and was on the score sheet during a 1-1 draw with Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Norwich City said they would &#8216;consider the matter internally in accordance with its own disciplinary procedure&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>It is currently not illegal to possess or use nitrous oxide. However, earlier this week MPs voted in favour of making it a Class C drug.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12529575\/Norwich-City-footballer-20-jailed-horror-car-crash-injured-three-people-inhaling-hippy-crack.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Norwich City footballer, 20, jailed over horror car crash which injured three people after inhaling hippy crack Flynn Clarke&#8217;s BMW&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Norwich City footballer, 20, jailed over horror car crash - bluemull<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/world-news\/norwich-city-footballer-20-jailed-over-horror-car-crash\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Norwich City footballer, 20, jailed over horror car crash - 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