Flynn Clarke of Norwich City drove foolishly ahead of the A47 collision, according to police.
Police have criticised a football player for driving “incredibly stupidly” and putting him in jail for seriously injuring three people.
Flynn Clarke, a 20-year-old midfielder for Norwich City, entered a guilty plea to the charges and was sentenced to a year in prison on Friday.
According to Cambridgeshire Police, nitrous oxide cannisters were discovered in the vehicle while he was heading to a festival.
Computer Alex Thomas said the outcome of the crash, on the A47 near Peterborough, “could have been much worse”.
Clarke, who scored on his Scotland Under-21 debut last year, was also given an interim driving ban during sentencing at Cambridge Crown Court.
He was driving a BMW 218i along the A47 at Thorney at about 14:30 BST on 30 April 2022 when he crashed into a Fiat Ducato motorhome, police said.
A Land Rover Defender then ploughed into the back of the motorhome.
A witness told police Clarke had been driving “erratically” before the crash, weaving in and out of lanes, with the BMW’s occupants looking distracted.
‘Unnecessary crash’
Two other 19-year-old men who were in the back seat sustained serious injuries, while Clarke, of Plumstead Road, Thorpe End, Norwich, a 19-year-old male passenger, and a 19-year-old female passenger sustained minor injuries.
While his 60-year-old female passenger sustained minor injuries, the 59-year-old motorhome driver was also seriously hurt.
The Land Rover’s driver and passenger were unharmed.
“Clarke drove extremely stupidly that day and caused an unnecessary crash that left six people, including four of his friends, injured,” stated PC Thomas.
“I hope he has learnt a lesson by seeing the consequences of driving so dangerously.”
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