Rising star was twice drink limit

A RISING Manchester United and England Under-21 star, killed in a high-speed motorway crash, was nearly twice the legal drink-drive limit, an inquest heard yesterday.

Jimmy Davis, 21, was on his way to the opening game of the season when he slammed into the back of a 32-tonne articulated lorry on the M40 in Oxfordshire last August.

Police and witnesses said the forward’s BMW 3-series was travelling at up to 120mph in patchy fog without fog lights on.

Drivers described being overtaken dangerously at “break-neck speeds” by the high-powered car which then crashed, embedding itself into the DAF lorry and moments later bursting into flames.

Alex Ferguson described him as “a player with real potential and great promise.”