A DRIVER was today jailed for seven-and-a-half years for a crash which killed an "outstanding" young doctor - two months after he was prosecuted for speeding for the third time.

Jake Rogers was doing 87mph when he overtook two cars on a bend and hit Dr Alex Boorman on his Suzuki motorbike on the A19 Easingwold bypass.

Dr Boorman, 27, was a junior doctor in the orthopaedics department at York Teaching Hospital and was on his way to work on December 7 when he was killed.

He trained at The University of Edinburgh Medical School and played rugby for Richmondshire RUFC 2nds.

Rogers, 22, from Thirsk, North Yorkshire, admitted causing death by dangerous driving and driving above the prescribed drug limit, after taking cannabis the night before.

Teesside Crown Court heard that he was given four penalty points in October last year for doing 43mph in a 30mph zone; three points in January last year for doing 72mph in a 60mph zone; and three points in August 2016 for speeding at 95mph in a 70mph zone.

Two passengers in his Vauxhall Viva - his girlfriend and a friend - were badly injured in the collision, said prosecutor Heather Gilmore, and were both treated in hospital.

An impact statement from his 17-year-old girlfriend told how she spent six weeks in hospital and needed two operations, and she suffers from flashbacks of the crash.

Dr Boorman's mother read her statement, in which she said: "It is virtually impossible to find adequate words to describe the unimaginable and unbearable pain of losing my son.

"It is no exaggeration to say my heart is broken. The world has changed forever. There is a line - life before he died and life after December 7. Life can never be the same again. He was such a bright light."

Andrew Nuttall, mitigating, told Judge Simon Bourne-Arton, QC: "He realises what he has done has devastated one family, in truth, two families including his own.

"He is going to have to live with this for the rest of his life. That's going to be some burden for a very long time."

Rogers, whose address on the court file was Chertsey, in Surrey, also pleaded guilty to two charges of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

Judge Bourne-Arton told him he had shown "a complete disregard" for the safety of his passengers and other road users.

He added: "You should have been given a clear and obvious warning in October, but you carried on driving at speed despite that."

After the tragedy, Dr Boorman's partner Alex Bellard paid tribute to “the most wonderful human being I have ever met”.

Miss Bellard said: “My world is broken. He made my life complete and I can't even comprehend a future without him. I will always, always love you AJ Boorman."

Rogers' friend suffered a badly broken right leg and fractured foot, while his girlfriend suffered a broken back, and has been told to expect a lifetime of problems.

During her hospital stay, the teenager was fed through a tube, and she was taken back in after her release with suspected meningitis, which turned out to be an infection.

In her statement, she said she struggles to sleep and has been prescribed anti-depressants.

Judge Bourne-Arton told Rogers: "You caused her to sustain near-catastrophic injuries which have affected her and will affect her for the rest of her life.

"She was, at the time of this accident, your girlfriend, and she placed her trust in you. You let her down.

"She will never recover from those injuries. You have left a permanent mark on her life."