The parents of a “beautiful, intelligent and caring” teenager killed when a drunk driver lost control of his car have revealed her last words. Jack Burkhill, 21, was driving Felicity Pacey and her sister Rhiannah when he crashed his Hyundai I30 at 100mph in Denton, Lincolnshire in June last year. Trainee financial advisor Felicity, 17, was killed in the tragedy.
On Friday, at Lincoln Crown Court, Burkhill was sentenced to eight years and three months in prison by Judge Simon Hirst who also disqualified him from driving for over nine years. Felicity's parents were the first to arrive on the scene after her sister called them following the crash and started CPR before paramedics arrived. Felicity’s mother said: “Felicity, Fliss, our beautiful, intelligent, confident, thoughtful and caring girl who had her life panned out.
"My heart has been ripped out of my chest, stamped on, and put back in. I suffer with panic attacks when I think of Felicity not coming home. We were first on the scene and had to start CPR on our child.
No parent should ever have to do that. Seeing my baby girl lying on that verge, that lifeless body. I replay it every time I pass that scene.
" “The last words I said to her were 'have fun' and she said 'we will'. Those words will haunt me to eternity. You killed our precious girl.
You ran from the scene like the coward you are and left us to deal with the consequences. "The pain you have caused is impossible to put into words. I never thought it poss.