Killer driver so stoned he could barely keep his eyes open for mugshot | UK News [Video]

A driver who killed an aspiring maths teacher while high on almost twice the legal limit for drugs has been jailed.

Adam Smith, 33, fled from the scene after hitting 18-year-old Oliver Pryde with his Vauxhall Corsa on a road in Huddersfield in the early hours of July 12, 2021.

The teenager, who was just two weeks away from celebrating his 19th birthday, had been watching England play Italy in the delayed final of Euro 2020.

Smith was arrested soon after he made his escape, and his mugshot shows him barely able to open his eyes for the camera.

West Yorkshire Police said he did not have a licence or insurance at the time.

After a six-week trial, he was found guilty of causing death by careless driving when unfit through drugs and causing death whilst unlicensed and uninsured.

This week, Smith was sentenced to 10 years in jail and handed a …