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A 21-year-old provisional driver with three passengers on board lost control on Bowen Drive last year while doing more than twice the 50km/h speed limit, resulting in the car becoming airborne for 28 metres, rolling and crashing. Timothy Higgins faced sentencing in the ACT Supreme Court on Friday after the major accident in the early hours of April 18 last year which resulted in significant injuries to all the vehicle occupants. One of the occupants had his right forearm almost severed in the crash and required 10…