Summarize and humanize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in EnglishThis is the picture of an ‘idiot’ boyracer smiling in hospital that infuriated the driver he left seriously injured after a horror crash. Father Leon Loftus, 27, reached speeds of 108mph on country roads before he lost control of his Vauxhall Insignia on a bend and smashed into an oncoming van on the opposite side of the road. Both vehicles were left crumpled and their windscreens cracked with crash scene pictures showing engine parts and oil scattered over the road. The horrifying smash knocked out the driver of the van and left him in hospital for more than a week where he received treatment for a catalogue of serious injuries.But just hours after the crash Loftus was pictured on his hospital bed smiling while raising both thumbs alongside his injured passenger.The snap left the married driver fuming who told Loftus: ‘I’m glad you are so pleased with yourself while I am writhing in pain in hospital. ‘I have had to come to terms with the fact that my family could have lost me.’ Loftus, of Daubney Street, Cleethorpes, appeared at Hull Crown Court where he admitted causing serious injury by careless driving on June 27. His social media pages are full of posts of him going to car meets where videos show him revving his engine and doing burnouts. This is the picture of Leon Loftus, 27, smiling in hospital just hours after the ‘idiot’ boyracer was involved in a horror crash that seriously injured another driver Loftus was driving a blue Vauxhall Insignia car with a passenger on the B1249 road, north of Driffield, when he lost control and smashed into an oncoming vanAccording to his Facebook page, Loftus works at a vehicle repair shop in Grimsby. Neil Coxon, prosecuting, said that Loftus was driving a blue Vauxhall Insignia car with a passenger on the B1249 road, north of Driffield and heading towards Scarborough. Loftus overtook two lorries and was driving aggressively and at speed in a way that was dangerous on a day that was described as dry and sunny. He overtook several large vehicles at once on a winding road where he would have restricted visibility.At about 1.40pm, Loftus approached a blind bend at 108mph in a hilly 60mph limit in the Langtoft area. As he came onto the bend at 70mph in a 50mph limit, he lost control of the car, under-steered and went onto the opposite side of the road.The driver of an incoming Vauxhall Vivaro van, doing 30 to 40mph, heard a screech of tyres before seeing the car, driven by Loftus at just over 60mph, for no more than a second before there was a huge smash.The driver suffered serious injuries and was taken to Scarborough Hospital, where he stayed until July 2 before being transferred to Doncaster Royal Infirmary between July 3 and 6.He suffered a fractured left foot, a dislocated toe, two fractured discs in his back and a wound to his left knee, which needed surgery. He reached speeds of up to 108mph on the country roads and approached a blind bend at 70mph in the 50mph zoneHe also suffered a torn tendon, injury to his right lung and bruises and grazes to his arms, legs, hips and chest. He contracted cellulitis.The man later said that he remembered the ‘bang’ of the collision but believed that he must have been knocked unconscious. ‘I woke up a few minutes later in a daze,’ he said. ‘I noticed my left knee was cut open. I was in a lot of pain down my right side and in both feet.’He was frightened that the car would catch fire but he could not open the door because of the damage caused by the crash. ‘I climbed out of the smashed window,’ he said.’It all seemed surreal and it has all been a big shock. I am fed up with being in pain and uncomfortable.’ The man had been planning to go on a trip to celebrate his tenth wedding anniversary but this was, at the time, unlikely to happen.Loftus contacted the man on social media, claiming that the car skidded, but the incensed driver responded: ‘You nearly killed me.’ During police interview, Loftus made full and frank admissions and admitted being ‘stupid’ and an ‘idiot’ and that his driving was dangerous. He had been speaking on a hands-free phone at the time of the crash. He had been intending to get to his destination before his friends. He had no previous convictions.Lisa Judge, mitigating, said that Loftus realised that he could have been attending the funeral of his friend and that there could have been a funeral for the other driver. Loftus appeared at Hull Crown Court where he was given a two year suspended prison sentence, a nine month 8pm to 7am curfew and 30 days’ rehabilitation’He recognises entirely the idiocy of his actions,’ said Miss Judge.’It’s palpable that this man is utterly traumatised by his actions that day. Lessons have been learned.’Judge John Thackray KC said that Loftus made a deliberate decision to ignore the rules of the road and disregard the risk of danger to others. ‘It’s only good fortune that you are not being sentenced for causing death by dangerous driving, not one but two deaths,’ said Judge Thackray.’Indeed, it could so easily have been the death of all three of you. You were driving at excessive speeds on that stretch of road. This offence is a bad example of its kind.’Now you are remorseful and that is obvious to me. I hope you have learned your lesson. Driving like this can have devastating consequences and wreck lives.’Loftus was given a two year suspended prison sentence, a nine month 8pm to 7am curfew and 30 days’ rehabilitation. He was banned from driving for three years and he will have to pass an extended retest before he can drive legally again.
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