Teenager admits triple fatal crash charge
A 19-year-old man has pleaded guilty to killing three of his friends by dangerous driving near Dumfries.
Jake Loy, who was 17 at the time, was driving the car on the A711 Dumfries to Dalbeattie Road in March 2022 when he crashed into another vehicle.
Finlay Johns, Ian Cannon and Tyler Johnston, who were all 16, died at the scene.
Three men in the other car were also injured.
Loy - who had a provisional licence - had gone for a drive with his friends on the evening of Tuesday 15 March.
He crashed head-on with another vehicle on the A711 at Cargenbridge, just outside Dumfries, at about 00:15 on the Wednesday morning.
The three boys - all from Moffat - died at the scene.
The three people in the other car were seriously injured, as was Loy himself.
Investigators concluded he had lost control of the vehicle and his lack of experience would have been an influencing factor.
It was accepted he was driving at excessive speed.
Loy pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving at the High Court in Glasgow.
The judge – Lord Harrower – asked for background reports.
Loy had his bail continued and will be sentenced in July.
