Article: Student death car driver 'lost it' on bend.

A teenage university student was killed instantly when the car he was travelling in crashed into a taxi on a gentle bend, a jury has been told.

Back seat passenger Matthew Hesketh, 18, a student at the University of Central Lancashire, died of massive injuries after the car his friend was driving "sledged" across Preston Road at Longridge, near Preston, and hit the taxi on the opposite side.

Matthew's friend, fellow student and part-time assistant chef, Adam Catterall, is charged with causing his death by dangerous driving just after midnight on February 3 last year.

The defendant, 19, of Mill Lane in Goosnargh, near Preston, denies the ...

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