Man Sentenced for Drugged Driving, Stealing Car

0:00It's March 27. This is Sydney News Today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story. A 32-year-old man has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison after crashing a stolen car into two schoolboys while high-on. Drugs. Taylor Hazel hit the 14- and 15-year-old students outside St. Edmund's College in Canberra back in March of last year, leaving them with serious injuries. The car was a green Commodore Hazel stole from a childcare center across the border in New South Wales. He drove it erratically for a short distance with an eight-year-old girl still inside before letting her go unharmed. Acting just as John Burns in the ACT Supreme Court called the crash's effects devastating on the victims and their families. The boy spaced long recoveries and the incident shook the local community near the school. Hazel received 13 years and two months behind bars with a non-parole period of nine years. The sentencing came almost exactly one year after the crash. This ruling underscores the severe consequences of driving impaired and stealing vehicles, aiming

1:01to prevent similar tragedies on the roads.