Moment girl, 19, mows down man in her Fiat 500 as a result of she was ‘distracted’ whereas chatting to good friend
This is the shocking moment a young woman uses her Fiat 500 to mow down a man while he was playing rugby with his friends.
Lexi Dyas, 19, was jailed after a judge saw the video of her smashing into Declan Mahoney, 21, at ‘excessive speed’.
Cardiff Crown Court heard that Mr Mahoney tried to get out of the way but Dyas swerved her car, which had the personalised registration plate of ‘LX06MAE’.
Dyas, who sobbed in court, could not offer any explanation to why she swerved the car.
She claimed it was an ‘accident’ in her police interview after being distracted behind the wheel while chatting with a friend.
But the judge scolded her for driving ‘deliberately and directly’ at Mr Mahoney and sentenced her to 18 months in jail and banned her from driving for nearly three years.
The video shows Mr Mahoney, who was 19 at the time, throwing a rugby ball with his friends moments before Dyas’s speeding car hits him, sending him flying up into the air.
His two friends rushed over to help him as Dyas, then 18, pulls over and gets out of the car. He was taken to hospital with multiple fractures to his arm, leg and finger after the smash in Mountain Ash, South Wales, in July 2024.
Prosecutor Andrew Davies said: ‘She indicated it was an accident which occurred because of her not concentrating.
Lexi Dyas, 19, was jailed for 18 months after a judge saw the video of her smashing into Declan Mahoney at ‘excessive speed’ in her personalised Fiat 500
Dyas’s speeding car hits Mr Mahoney, sending him flying up into the air
‘She said she didn’t have a grudge against Declan Mahoney at all.
‘She said she thought Declan had run the opposite way to her car and the next thing she knew she hit him.’
Defending Dyas, Emma Harris said: ‘It’s her position she lost concentration chatting to a friend in the car.’
Miss Harris said Dyas, who had aspirations of becoming a nurse, ‘feels terrible’ for the injuries caused.
Dyas pleaded guilty to causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
Mr Mahoney was taken to hospital with multiple fractures to his arm, leg and finger after the smash in Mountain Ash, South Wales, in July 2024
Dyas, who sobbed in court, claimed it was an ‘accident’ in her police interview after being distracted behind the wheel while chatting with a friend
In a victim impact statement, Mr Mahoney said he struggles with daily life after Dyas had shown him ‘no remorse’.
He said: ‘It has had a big impact on every aspect of my life. I’m nervous to leave the house.’
Judge Recorder Christian Jowett sentenced Dyas to 18 months and banned her from driving for two years and nine months.
He said: ‘You used excessive speed when you drove deliberately and directly at Mr Mahoney.’
