A FAMILY of three were mown down by a man driving an Aston Martin so fast “it was incredible”, a court heard.

A witness who saw the car, allegedly driven by Kyle Lloyd, 30, minutes before the crash in the New Forest said that it was an accident waiting to happen.

Peter Mead, Elizabeth Hutchings and their daughter, 14-year-old Saffron Mead, were hit and injured as they tried to cross the A337 between Lymington and Brockenhurst on Saturday, September 27, 2014.

Simon Jones, prosecuting the case at Bournemouth Crown Court, told the jury that Lloyd, or Gosport Street, Lymington, was travelling at an average speed of 63mph between the train station in Brockenhurst and the site of the crash, outside Setleyridge Vineyard.

The speed limit on the stretch moves from 30mph to 40mph.

Mr Jones alleged that Lloyd was seen “accelerating hard” as he drove away from the railway station.

One motorist told police the defendant was travelling so fast that “it was incredible”, while another said he heard the sound of the engine “screaming”, it is alleged.

A third witness, who later heard sirens pass by as he sat in a pub garden, was to think to himself ‘that could have been the Aston Martin’, the court heard.

Mr Mead and his family were returning to their caravan at the Hollands Wood Campsite when the collision took place.

The trio, who had been on a bike ride, had dismounted and were walking across the carriageway at the time of the crash.

Mr Mead sustained a fractured lower leg and cuts and bruises.

He was flown to Southampton General Hospital by air ambulance after being resuscitated by paramedics.

Ms Hutchings sustained two broken thigh bones and a broken ankle.

Saffron sustained a fractured jaw and injuries to her teeth.

Police investigators claim that, had Lloyd been travelling at the 40mph speed limit, he should have been able to stop between 24 and 45 metres before the location of the crash.

The defendant denies three counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

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