A motorcyclist who reached 178mph on a cross-country ride before a crash which killed his brother-in-law has been jailed for 15 months.
Terrifying footage shows the moment Lewis Baker, 35, sped through the country lanes through Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, reaching what is believed to have been the second-highest speed ever for a motorcyclist convicted in the UK.
Mechanic Baker and his brother-in-law, Jason Wallis, 31, were riding identical Yamaha R1 bikes when they crashed into a car they were trying to pass on the A421 on September 9, 2023.
Wallis was attempting to undertake the car while Baker, who broke a thigh bone,
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