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This is the moment a cocaine-fuelled driver hurtled through a quiet village just before hitting and killing a 13-year-old boy in a hit-and-run.
Teenager Kaylan Hippsley suffered multiple fatal injuries as a result of the collision in Hirwaun, South Wales, and died days later in hospital.
Harley Whiteman, 19, was driving the Ford Fiesta that hit Kaylan at around 6.15pm on February 29, as the boy was standing outside a Co-op store with his friends.
Witnesses estimated the car was driving between 40mph and 60mph when it tried to swerve away from a car travelling in the opposite direction.
Shocking footage shows Whiteman speeding down a quiet road, narrowly avoiding parked cars and barely stopping at a junction.
Whiteman's car went up onto the kerb and hit Kaylan with the nearside of the Fiesta, prosecutor Julia Cox said.
Following the collision, the defendant is alleged to have stopped a student nurse performing CPR on Kaylan, saying: 'Do you think I give a f*** about this kid on the floor? Why the f*** don't you all just leave him and stop doing that.'
Harley Whiteman is seen speeding down a quiet road, narrowly avoiding parked cars and barely stopping at a junction
Whiteman hurtled through a quiet village just before hitting and killing a 13-year-old boy
Kaylan Hippsley, 13, (pictured) suffered multiple fatal injuries as a result of the collision in Hirwaun, South Wales, and died days later in hospital
Harley Whiteman, 19, (pictured) was driving the Ford Fiesta that hit Kaylan at around 6.15pm on February 29, as the boy was standing outside a Co-op store with his friends
Bystanders tried to move Whiteman away as he became agitated and shouted at a man who asked him about his car. He responded: 'I don't know what you're talking about... I haven't got a car, I don't even drive.' The defendant also offered a man a fight as Kaylan lay dying in the road.
Police attended and Whiteman had to be restrained as he was arrested, with police believing him to be extremely intoxicated.
Ms Cox said the defendant was abusive towards police and members of the public, and showed no remorse for his actions, saying: 'It was a f****** good show.'
He was asked to provide a roadside breath test and provide a sample of breath and blood but refused to do so. When he was interviewed Whiteman made no comment, but later told a probation worker he had taken a line of cocaine and had four pints of lager before the collision.
CCTV enquiries revealed Whiteman had been to The Cambrian pub in Aberdare and The Glancynon Inn in Hirwaun, where the landlord described the defendant as intoxicated and told him to leave because of his behaviour.
Kaylan died in hospital on March 3, having never regained consciousness. He was a pupil at Aberdare Community School and was a keen football and rugby player.
He lived with his grandmother Kay Hippsley, and lost his father at the age of six. He enjoyed playing with friends in the village and in the YMCA. Kaylan was described as a 'cheeky chappie' who was 'polite, creative and lovely'.
Kaylan died in hospital on March 3, having never regained consciousness
In a victim personal statement read to the court, Kaylan's sister Olivia said: 'There are no words I can put to properly describe the sheer horror caused to me and my family and writing this down caused unimaginable pain.
'Every time I tried I was completely overwhelmed.
'No real justice can be served today. Harley Whiteman has taken something from our family that can never be given back. We live in fear we will have to pass him in the street but we hope it will be a long time before we have to deal with this.
