Crash site dummies

YOUNG drivers in Guernsey and Jersey have been bragging about their high-speed car crashes on an internet site. More than 250 of them are using the social networking site Facebook to revel in the accidents.

'Gsy & Jsy Car Crashes' group encourages the so-called Kevs to post images and descriptions of smashes they have had - and excessive speed is a common feature. But those doing so have been condemned as 'crash dummies' for causing danger in the way they drive.

Jersey police are investigating the 86 images on the site. Guernsey police were unaware of the group when contacted by the Guernsey Press and had no comment to make.

However, a motorist who nearly died in a car crash has condemned others for boasting about their accidents on a website. And the man behind the site, Bobby Ceillam, has criticised the unintended use of the Facebook group.

Tom Le Prevost, 21, spent four months in hospital after losing control of his Nissan Skyline and colliding with a granite pillar at North Side, St Sampson's, in February.

'You shouldn't boast about crashes,' said Mr Le Prevost. 'It's not clever. It's good if people put up pictures to warn against it, but they shouldn't boast about speeding or how stupid they were being. However, you can't control what is put up on the internet.'