THE girlfriend of a young man who was killed in a car crash has vowed to name and shame irresponsible drivers on Facebook after being sent a video of a friend driving at 91mph in wet conditions.

Lizzy Phillipson, 29, was left heartbroken when her boyfriend Grant Benson, 21, died after crashing his Audi A4 following a night out in Barnard Castle, in August 2014.

Mr Benson, of Barnard Castle, died alongside his friend Nick Davidson, 27, of Middleton-in-Teesdale, after their car hit a tree between Barnard Castle and Whorlton.

Just two days after the crash, Miss Phillipson found out she was pregnant and gave birth to her daughter, Ava, in 2015.

But after she was sent a video via Snapchat – a social medial messaging app – by her friend, which he had taken while driving on a motorway at 91mph, Miss Phillipson took to Facebook to voice her concerns.

Posting a screenshot of the video he had taken, she said: “One of the many things I hate about Snapchat is idiots thinking that their snap is more important than paying attention to the road.

“I don't kick off about much but the stuff I do kick off about I know I'm right. Look at the speed he's going.

“It was a video so I know that he was the driver. From now on I am going to name and shame because I think the people that do this need a good dose of reality.”

Miss Phillipson said she set her post to public on purpose in the hope it would serve as a warning of the damage that can be caused through drivers’ actions.

She also posted a screenshot of a second video the soldier, based at Catterick Garrison, in North Yorkshire, had sent her which showed him driving at 80mph with the caption “s**** driving weather”.

“It only takes a second for something horrible to happen,” she said. “I can't turn a blind eye to things like this because I know that when people speak up, it really does make a difference.”

The mother-of-two added: “I want to make it very clear, I would do this to my best friend in the whole world, my boyfriend, my mother, my cousin, my sister, my son, my daughter.

“I don't care, there is nothing okay about this, because it is only a matter of time before someone dies. I'm not being over dramatic when I say this, I've just celebrated my daughter's third birthday without her Daddy because of a stupid mistake and I swear that if someone had knocked him out and taken his keys off him that night I would shake their f****** hand.”

Miss Phillipson said she has tried on several occasions to talk to friends who have sent her videos while driving but would now name and shame as her warnings had previously been unheeded.

She said: “This post is not for the intention of having a go at him. He's made a mistake and I get that, he's not a horrible person, and hasn't done anything out of malice.

“At the moment he's realising he's been caught out and panicking, so he isn't absorbing the severity of the situation.

“This isn't a platform for a debate, we all know the law of the road and the reasons it is in place, my intention is to get people to think about using their phones or to consider no longer turning a blind eye to those who do.”

The soldier declined to comment.