Arshad, 24, avoided jail after smashing into cyclist Nicholas Cooper and almost paralysing him in Blackburn, Lancashire.
The drug driver was spared jail despite causing serious injuries to the cyclist Footage shows the shocking moment a drug driver crashed into a cyclist at traffic lights. Drug driver Danial Arshad’s decision to overtake another car at a red light changed the life of a man forever. Arshad, 24, has avoided jail after smashing into cyclist Nicholas Cooper and almost paralysing him.
He was left with rib and spine fractures and a collapsed lung. The Judge Richard Gioserano told Preston Crown Court Mr Cooper was ‘fortunate not to have died’ that day. During his time at the hospital, he faced a severe risk of paralysis, the outlet reports. The crash left him feeling like he ‘partially died in the incident’ and he is ‘mourning the loss of who I was before,’ Mr Cooper said in a statement. Arshad avoided jail time after his appearance at Preston Crown Court on Monday.
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