Speeding driver who fled to Latvia after fatal crash is jailed

Aleksanders Dolars was driving a BMW at 75-76mph on Radford Road in Coventry when he struck and killed 12-year-old Keaton Slater, who had just stepped off a bus on June 14, 2024. Dolars fled to Latvia shortly after the incident and evaded capture for more than two years due to the lack of an extradition treaty. Following a campaign by the victim's parents and support from local officials, Dolars was finally extradited to England in August. He pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving at Warwick Crown Court and was sentenced to nine years and four months in prison by Judge Kristina Montgomery KC.