A teenage driver, taking friends home from an 18th birthday party, died after his car left the road and hit a tree as he tried to take a bend on a country road at speed.Dan Whitehead, 19, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash on the B582 Leicester Lane near Desford, an inquest heard today.The hearing, in Loughborough, was told that Mr Whitehead, of Countesthorpe, lost control at 12.30am as he took a bend at an estimated 60mph in a 40mph zone. However, a police officer who investigated...
