A man from Bedworth has been jailed after his Audi left two women with severe injuries in a high-speed crash during an illegal street gathering. Jack Schofield was driving over 120mph when his modified Audi A3 struck a kerb on a bend, launching the vehicle into the air, according to police. The car then hit trees and burst into flames. The 23-year-old, who lives on Mallow Croft, managed to get away with minor injuries, but his two passengers sustained serious harm and required hospital care at University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire. Officers stated the victims will have to cope with the physical and mental effects of the incident permanently. Northampton Crown Court was told the defendant had contacted one of the women online and they had arranged to meet for the first time at an unauthorised car meet at Moulton Park Industrial Estate in Northampton on April 19 last year. At approximately 10.25pm, Schofield took the two young women out in his modified black Audi S3 along a temporary track set up between two roundabouts on Red House Road. During this journey he lost control, changing their lives forever. He was detained at the location and subsequently charged following an inquiry by Northamptonshire Police’s Serious Collision Investigation Unit with assistance from the force’s Forensic Collision Unit. On Thursday, April 9, he received a two-year custodial sentence after previously admitting two charges of causing serious injury through dangerous driving. He was also banned from driving for three years and must pass an extended driving test before regaining his licence. Detective Constable Lee Norton, the lead investigator from the Serious Collision Investigation Unit, commented that such unsanctioned gatherings on public highways are unlawful and emphasised that reckless conduct of this kind endangers lives. He noted Schofield was lucky to escape with barely a scratch and even luckier that no fatalities resulted from his actions that evening. DC Norton added that the two passengers unfortunately face ongoing physical and psychological consequences from the crash. He expressed gratitude to the victims for their cooperation with the investigation. DC Norton also thanked colleagues PC Jack Mitchinson from the Forensic Collision Unit and speed specialist Jon Webb for their significant work that demonstrated the dangerously excessive velocity at which Schofield was travelling. He pointed out that following this incident, West Northamptonshire Council implemented a Public Spaces Protection Order last June across its area, which prohibits convoy driving, racing, excessive engine revving and gathering spectators, expressing hope it would enhance road safety and discourage illegal car meets.