Fatal accident in 2023
The incident has led some to recall a tragic incident on Heol Trelai in May 2023.
Christopher West, 42, hit Keely Morgan with his Vauxhall Astra on Heol Trelai, Caerau, Cardiff at about 9:30pm on May 1 that year. Young Keely, 15, died at the scene.
West, who was driving over the 30mph speed limit, failed to see the teenager, despite her being lit up by an iPad she had been using at the pedestrian crossing. Keely had overcome significant health problems ahead of her death, having undergone a kidney transplant in 2021 to save her life.
Judge Paul Hobson branded West as an “irresponsible show off” at a sentencing hearing in July this year.
Cardiff Crown Court heard that West’s two daughters and their friend had been in the car during the incident. One of the passengers told the police West had been “snaking” along the road and had removed his car’s black box, invalidating his insurance, to show off to them.