Motorists saw A47 death crash driver 'fighting' with car

Aurelijus Cielevicius, 39, had been driving his BMW car at almost 100mph when he crashed into a Vauxhall Mokka head-on, killing Paul Carter, 41, his wife Lisa Carter, 49, and her 25-year-old daughter Jade Mace.

Jade Mace, Paul Carter and his wife Lisa who were killed in a crash on the A47 in January this year (Image: Norfolk Constabulary)

Prior to the crash, along the A47, near North Runcton, the BMW was seen travelling at speed and going through red traffic lights while toxicology results found drugs, including Methylamphetamine and Cannabis in his system.

Cielevicius, from John Street, King's Lynn, was sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison and disqualified from driving for 15 years on Tuesday (June 20) after he had admitted three counts of causing death by dangerous driving.

Scene of the fatal crash on the A47 near King's Lynn (Image: Newsquest)

Prosetutor Jude Durr told how motorists on the A47 on January 15 this year described the defendant's driving in the moments prior to the fatal crash.

He said one of the drivers saw him "run two red lights" adding "I think he's going to end up in a ditch".

Another motorist who was overtaken by Cielevicius prior to the fatal crash said "out of nowhere a black BMW X5 overtook me on a bend at high speed".

Aurelijus Cielevicius (Image: Norfolk Constabulary)

He said: "It was going very fast".

The motorist said the defendant looked like he was “fighting with the car to stay on the road because it was going that quick”.

He said it had been wobbling and “twitching” before, in a matter of seconds, the car “suddenly stopped”.

He said the rear of the BMW “lifted off the ground higher than the actual height of the car”.

He said he thought the car had hit a tree having come to a complete stop on the wrong side of the road.

But as he drove past he saw another vehicle in the trees on the same side of the road as the BMW.