A Royal Navy engineer died after he crashed off a motorway while driving at 150mph in a bid to prove that his modified Vauxhall Astra was faster than his colleague’s car, an inquest has heard.
Chief Petty Officer (CPO) Keith “Paddy” Ross had boasted to his workmate, Harry Malbon, that his car would “take the record” before taking him for a drive from Portsmouth Naval Base on July 15 last year.
Chief Petty Officer Keith ‘Paddy’ Ross (Family/MoD/PA)
The father-of-five, of Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire, drove at speeds of up to 150mph on the M275 before he lost control and crashed on to a road below causing him to be flung from the vehicle because he was not wearing a seatbelt.
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