A 20-YEAR-OLD woman died after falling off a car bonnet as pals drove 25mph around a Tesco car park before taking her to McDonald's in a bid to revive her with Coca-Cola.

Ellie Underhill, 20, was left with horrendous head injuries after losing her grip on the silver Vauxhall Corsa and smashing to the ground.

Her friends then drove her to a nearby McDonald's to clean her up.

A court heard how one of the friends, Elly Phillips, 19, tried to wake Miss Underhill up by slapping her in the face and pouring Coca-Cola over her after the incident on Boxing Day 2016 in Dudley, West Mids.

An hour after the incident, the pals took Miss Underhill to nearby Russells Hall Hospital where they lied and said she had fallen over.

She was transferred to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham but she died on January 3.

The driver Luke Hickman, of Stourbridge, West Mids., was jailed for seven years and ten months after he admitted causing death by dangerous driving at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court.

Sentencing him, Judge Paul Glenn said: "You did not set out to injure anyone, on the evening in question this was initially a prank but it has had the most appalling consequences in the death of a young lady.

"Driving with someone on your bonnet is highly dangerous, Ellie Underhill had put herself on the bonnet, I don't overlook that but you were the person who could have refused to drive but instead of stopping after the first circuit the CCTV shows you drove the second circuit significantly quicker.

"You only had a provisional licence and she was in a vulnerable position and was only attached to the car by holding on to the bonnet and it was dangerous driving at the average speed you did that was around 25mph.

"She fell off the vehicle at a speed calculated to be 15mph after you took a sharp left turn and braked."

Hickman's girlfriend, Hana Edwards, 19, of Stourbridge, admitted perverting the course of justice and was handed a community order with 150 hours unpaid work.

Edwards was not present at the time but she admitted sending a text message to the others urging them to delete film footage from the night.

Phillips, 19, also of Stourbridge, admitted perverting the course of justice and was sentenced to six months in a young offenders' institution.

A fourth defendant Ross Bingham, 21, of Birmingham, also admitted perverting the course of justice and will be sentenced later today (Wednesday).

Prosecutor Robert Price said: "The catastrophe took place during the night of Boxing day.

"Ellie was 20 when she died as a result of being on the front bonnet of the car being driven by Hickson, she had been on friendly terms with him but in a moment of utter madness he performed a manoeuvre that was dangerous where he drove around the car park with Elly clinging on the bonnet at an average speed of 25mph and whose only means to stay on was to cling on with her bare hands.

"He braked as the car was turning to the left and this resulted in Ellie being thrown off the bonnet and she landed heavily on her head.

"She suffered skull fractures and brain damage and died a few days later on January 3 at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.

"A witness saw Miss Phillips slapped Ellie's face trying to get a response and Coca-Cola was thrown in her face.

"They got her in the car with difficulty, she had been sick and was bleeding from the nose.

"Instead they had taken her to McDonald's where they applied tissues to her face."

The court heard the friends had been out to an Indian restaurant to celebrate Phillips' birthday before going to an off-licence to buy alcohol.

Mr Price said: "Hickman had told police he had two pints of Cobra.

"They visited an off-licence and purchased a small bottle of spirits and then they went to car park and drove a silver Vauxhall Corsa.

"They had lied to medical staff about what had happened saying she had fallen over drunk.

"At no stage was any healthcare professional told she was in a car accident.

"The lies did not affect the outcome but it is clearly that a true account would have afforded a higher priority status in hospital."