An alcohol and drug-affected father-of-two who caused a crash then went home to shower and go to bed, leaving three people to burn to death, has been jailed for nine years.
Amiel Tittums was speeding at up to 165 kilometres an hour when he struck the back of another car in Geraldton, in Western Australia's Mid West region, in August last year.
The crash caused the fuel tank to rupture and the car to plough into a tree then burst into flames.
He walked 1.5 kilometres home while his victims - Felicity Pallett, 23, Michael Hook, 31, and 27-year-old Coen Kentwell - died, the WA Supreme Court heard on Thursday.
Justice Michael Corboy said the noise from the crash woke neighbours who alerted authorities, but the victims died at the scene from either smoke inhalation or smoke inhalation with incineration.
Tittums also misled police about who was in charge of his car that night and claimed he did not have any injuries despite having bruising on his body consistent with a seatbelt injury, the court heard.
Prosecutor Mark Nicol previously told the court that although it was not known if Tittums could have saved the victims, he did not even try.
Mr Nicol described Tittums' actions as selfish, reckless and callous.
Defence counsel Linda Black said her client had a strong work ethic and had continued to work to support his family, which included two children aged four and seven, before he served his inevitable prison sentence.
Tittums was originally charged with three counts of manslaughter, but his guilty pleas were accepted on the lesser charges of aggravated dangerous driving causing death.
Several victim impact statements submitted to the court described the trio as happy, vibrant and good people who were loved by their families.
Justice Corboy said the statements expressed their pain, grief and frustration.
"A parent who loses a child in such tragic circumstances loses an essential part of their being," he said.
Justice Corboy accepted Tittums was genuinely remorseful and was a good person at his core with no prior convictions for driving offences.
"You must understand as a father of two young children the enormity of what has occurred," he said.
Justice Corboy also noted Tittums had accepted he had a problem with drugs and alcohol, and was seeking treatment.
Tittums must serve at least seven years before he can be eligible for parole and upon his release, will be disqualified from driving for three years.
- AAP