The 37-year-old was caught on camera as he left the scene of the incident
A dangerous drink-driver has been jailed after he collided with a motorcyclist, leaving them with serious injuries.
There, he took a dangerous turn right and drove straight across the path of a Mondial Flat Truck 125. Unable to avoid the car, the motorcyclist collided with it on the nearside of the vehicle, with enough force to shunt the back end of the car.The rider, a man in his 30s, was thrown from the motorbike and suffered serious leg, arm and knee injuries. Rothwell fled the scene and drove back home instead of stopping to help the victim.
Soon after, he was arrested and found to be more than twice the drink-drive limit and twice the drug-drive limit too. He was also driving with an expired provisional licence and without insurance. PC Martin Shaw, from our Specialist Operations, said: “Rothwell’s actions last January were reckless and selfish and could have easily led to a completely innocent man losing his life.
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