https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-65634996A drug driver who crashed into a taxi, killing the passenger, has been jailed for four years.
Zach Spencer caused the death of Shirley Muirden, 31, on the A6 Burley Hill, near Allestree, Derby, in the crash on 3 June last year.
The 22-year-old had been under the influence of ketamine and had inhaled nitrous oxide before the collision. 
He pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to causing the death of Ms Muirden, who died in hospital a day later.
Oncoming vehicle
Derby Crown Court heard how the victim, from Belper, had lived with health complications since she was young and was travelling back from undergoing dialysis treatment during a routine hospital appointment.
Spencer, of Laund Hill, Belper, was driving his Volkswagen Scirocco under the speed limit at 42mph, when it drifted into the oncoming vehicle at about 23:20 BST.
He also caused serious injuries to the taxi driver, his passenger and himself, with all four needing extensive hospital treatment.
The driver admitted injuring the other victims, as well as an additional charge of possession of ketamine.
Prosecuting, Steven Gosnell said investigators failed to find any evidence of sudden braking of his car or that he attempted to change his course of travel.
Tests revealed Spencer had twice the legal limit for ketamine in his body and found a zip-bag of the substance in his vehicle, as well as nitrous oxide cannisters and balloons.
The Class B drug can make people feel "confused, detached, relaxed and in a dreamlike state" when taken, said Mr Gosnell.
rest is the usual pap about how wonderful he was really
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