James Gibson (right) has been jailed for 12 years after killing John Woodcock and his two-year-old son (Picture: Nottinghamshire Police)

A drug driver who killed a two-year-old and his dad while high behind the wheel, and driving on the wrong side of the road has been jailed.

John Woodcock, aged 44, and his two-year-old son Lewis, were killed while driving home from visiting their family in January last year.

John and Lewis were travelling along Chesterfield Road North, Pleasley, just after 6pm when an Audi driven by James Gibson, 31, hit their vehicle side-on.

Their car flipped and landed wedged between another car and a wall.

Gibson, aged 31, had been driving on the opposite side of the road, speeding, and he had also got behind the wheel after taking drugs.

He was also found to have run through red lights and undertaken other vehicles.

There was nothing Dan could have done to avoid the collision.

Gibson appeared at Nottingham Crown Court today (Monday 24 July) after pleading guilty to two counts of causing death by dangerous driving.

He was jailed for 12 years and disqualified from driving for 18 years.

The mother and wife of a man and toddler who were tragically killed after a drug-driver crashed into them has paid a loving tribute to them both.

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‘Finally my boys can rest at peace and I and the family can try to build some sort of life where we try to come to terms with this horrific loss’