A teenage girl left was with life-changing injuries after her two brothers, driving a Mercedes and a BMW, crashed while driving around millionaires’ row in Sandbanks, with her as a passenger.
Henry Taylor and Harrison Taylor are both alleged to have been driving a loop around the exclusive peninsula in Poole Harbour, Dorset, when the crash took place in the early hours of Boxing Day in 2023.
Mia Savage, then 17, who was sitting in the front passenger seat of the Mercedes, sustained severe injuries as a result of the collision.
The two vehicles involved were a BMW 135i and a Mercedes A200 and were being driven by the Taylor brothers.
Mia became ‘trapped’ in the crumpled vehicle, with fire and rescue services urgently called to the scene to remove her from the wreckage so she could be saved by an air ambulance.
The two brothers, who appeared at Poole Magistrates’ Court with their parents yesterday, have been charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving for the first time.
Property consultant Harrison, 19, was alleged to have been driving the Mercedes while his 21-year-old brother Henry was driving the BMW with another friend sat in the passenger seat.
During the crash, which occurred at around 1am, the Mercedes is said to have left the road and collided with a gatepost to one of the upmarket multi-million pound mansions.
Mia Savage, then 17, (pictured) was sat in the front passenger seat when her brothers Henry Taylor and Harrison Taylor crashed their cars speeding around Poole Harbour, Dorset
The crash, which involved a BMW 135i and a Mercedes A200, left Mia with life changing injuries after her legs became stuck in the wreckage (Pictured: the scene of the crash)
The BMW then smashed into the back of the vehicle, sending the Mercedes flying into a garden wall, it was heard.
Mia was later airlifted to Southampton Hospital to receive treatment.
Arriving at court, the pair, who live in the luxurious Sandbanks peninsula, stood side by side in the dock and did not enter any pleas.
The case, deemed too serious to be dealt with at magistrates, has now been sent to Bournemouth Crown Court.
David Finney, prosecuting, said: ‘The two are brothers and the passengers are all friends with one another. They had been at a single address before the collision and left the address to drive a loop.
‘They all drove onto Banks Road.’
Mr Finney said that Ms Savage had been left ‘mechanically trapped with her legs’ as a result of the collision, adding: ‘Extraction was required by fire and rescue.
‘She was helicoptered to Southampton hospital. She sustained life-changing injuries.’
Henry Taylor (pictured leaving Poole Magistrates Court), then 21, was driving the BMW with another friend in the passenger seat
Harrison Taylor, 18, (pictured) was driving the Mercedes with his sister as the passenger during the collision which saw the car Harrison was driving fly in to a garden wall
Both brothers have now been released on unconditional bail and are due to appear at Bournemouth Crown Court next month.
A spokesperson for Dorset Police said at the time: ‘Officers are investigating a serious injury collision in Sandbanks, Poole and are appealing for witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage to come forward.’
The exclusive resort of Sandbanks, along England’s south coast, has often been described as one of the UK’s most exclusive enclaves.
Seafront facing homes can sell for as much as £13.5million and the picturesque location has attracted the likes of celebrity chef Rick Stein and Premier League manager Harry Redknapp.
