NSW man jailed over single-vehicle crash that killed three friends near Tarago

ABC NEWS (Australia)

A young man whose dangerous driving resulted in the deaths of three of his friends last year has been sentenced to more than six years in jail. Lachlan Anthony Stuckey who was 21 at the time was unlicensed and under the influence of drugs when he crashed near Tarago. There were emotional scenes in court as he was led away to begin his sentence.

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00:00Tragic. That's how a judge described the crash that cut short three young lives.

00:09Lachlan Anthony Stuckey was driving his friends home to the Shoalhaven area after a weekend in Canberra in July last year.

00:16He fell asleep at the wheel near Tarrago and the car hit a tree.

00:20His 18-year-old girlfriend Charlie Quinn, his best friend Aaron French who was 20,

00:25and Aaron's 21-year-old girlfriend Brooke Sawley all died at the scene.

00:29In handing down his sentence in the Goulburn District Court, Judge John Pickering said,

00:33Many people's lives changed forever on that day.

00:36The loss of such young people is clearly devastating.

00:39They had their whole lives ahead of them.

00:41Stuckey's license was suspended at the time of the crash, and he had drugs in his system.

00:46The court heard both Mr French and Ms Sawley had offered to drive home, but Stuckey had declined those offers.

00:53It wasn't as if it was the only option for the group was for him to drive, Judge Pickering said.

00:58He clearly had been up all night, he had taken MDMA, he clearly had aspects of a short amount of sleep.

01:04In handing down a prison sentence of six years and seven months, Judge Pickering acknowledged prison would be hard for him,

01:10given he'd been diagnosed with PTSD following the crash.

01:14No jail term can return a loved one.

01:16Charlie Quinn's family held a framed photo of her in court, promising to hold on to her memory.

01:22There's no winners today. Families right across the board are all hurting.

01:27As Stuckey was being handcuffed, Charlie Quinn's father yelled out across the court,

01:31You promised me you would look after her. You didn't.

01:34Stuckey hugged family members in the courtroom before he was taken away.

01:38He'll be eligible for parole in December 2029.

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