A heavily pregnant young woman has wept in the dock as she was jailed for causing the death of her friend in a high-speed accident.

On New Year's Eve 2015, 18-year-old learner driver Gemma Sargent drove her friends from Ballarat to Geelong, overtaking another car travelling at 130km/h.

Gemma Sargent, has been jailed for at least five years. Credit:Ballarat Courier

She lost control of the car and crashed, causing the death of Nathaniel Merritt- Price and seriously injuring Jolene Bounday.

Sargent herself was injured in the crash and suffered a broken back, bruising and multiple lacerations.