Monday 12th October 2015     http://www.lbc.co.uk

This devastating video shows the final moments of two young men as they filmed themselves speeding – a joyride that would end in tragedy.

(WARNING: Video may be distressing)

Driver Kyle Careford, 20, and his friend Michael Owen, 21, had both taken a cocktail of drugs before speeding at 90mph through  the Sussex countryside.

The video – released by Sussex Police – captures them chatting and egging each other on as the car breaks the speed limit and overtakes other cars on the road. At the end of the video, the picture freezes as the car hits a wall and overturns.

Both men died instantly in the impact. Michael was a father of a five-year-old girl named Lily-Rose.

Kyle didn’t have a licence and both men’s families have asked for the video to be released as a warning to young drivers to take more care on the road.

Michael’s mother Kat said after the inquest: “We bring our children up teaching them right from wrong. We guide them and give them our advice and hope they listen, but once they are adults we hope they make the right choices.

“I really don’t know why the boys chose to do what they did, but I blame them both for the decisions they made on this night.

“If all this stops one person from making the same mistake, then some good has come from showing this video.”

Zac Hemming, Kyle’s brother, said: “This footage or anything of its kind should never be recorded, let alone watched.

“However, despite the pain of it being broadcast by the media, we as a family just hope and pray that this will connect with at least one person out there, young or old, so that no-one ever has to experience the unthinkable pain of losing someone so close and dearly loved.

“May we now please let the boys rest in peace?”