A Scania driver who was almost double the drug drive limit when he lost of control of his lorry and swerved into the path of another vehicle on the…
A driver who was almost double the drug drive limit when he lost of control of his lorry and swerved into the path of another vehicle has been jailed.
The driver of the Mercedes, a 33-year-old man from Birmingham, suffered minor injuries, while the passenger, a 38-year-old man, also from Birmingham, suffered serious injuries and was airlifted to Addenbrooke’s Hospital, in Cambridge, where he underwent surgery.Campbell, 55, of Culross Place, East Kilbride, was uninjured and failed a roadside drugs wipe and was subsequently arrested.
At Peterborough Crown Court on Friday July 12, Campbell was sentenced to two years in prison after previously pleading guilty to causing serious injury by dangerous driving. He was also disqualified from driving for four years. “After my release from hospital I remember seeing lorries diving on the roads and I was shouting ‘slow down’ and grabbing hold of the handles in the car.“I can’t believe that someone would be so stupid as to drive a 44 tonne lorry with drugs in their system. The whole incident has left me sad, upset and angry. What he did that day could have easily killed us.
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