Pentagon officer was ‘aggressive driver’ before Harrogate crash, court told

Two teenagers needed multiple surgeries after accident that left them buried under rubble in February

A senior military officer at the Pentagon was an “aggressive and impatient driver who appeared to be in a rush” immediately before an accident that seriously injured two teenage boys in North Yorkshire, a court has heard.

Benjamin Oakes, head of space policy for the US joint chiefs of staff, denies two counts of causing injury by careless driving when a truck swerved to avoid his Vauxhall Astra which was pulling out of a junction outside Ashville College in Harrogate on 2 February this year.