Drink-driver who fled scene of collision which left motorcyclist with serious injuries in Lancashire jailed
- 9 months ago
Bryan Rothwell was driving a Ford Focus while over the drug and drink-drive limits in Haslingden at around 5.55pm on January 26, 2022.
While at the junction of Blackburn Road and Pilling Street, he dangerously turned right straight across the path of a Mondial Flat Track 125.
The motorcyclist was unable to avoid the Focus and hit the car with enough force to shunt the vehicle forwards.
The rider, a man in his 30s, was thrown from the motorbike. He suffered serious leg, arm and knee injuries.
Rothwell, 37, of Field Street, Padiham, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, drink and drug driving, failing to stop at the scene of a road traffic collision, driving without insurance and driving without a valid licence.
He was jailed for two years and four months and banned from driving for 44 months when he appeared at Preston Crown Court earlier last week.
While at the junction of Blackburn Road and Pilling Street, he dangerously turned right straight across the path of a Mondial Flat Track 125.
The motorcyclist was unable to avoid the Focus and hit the car with enough force to shunt the vehicle forwards.
The rider, a man in his 30s, was thrown from the motorbike. He suffered serious leg, arm and knee injuries.
Rothwell, 37, of Field Street, Padiham, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, drink and drug driving, failing to stop at the scene of a road traffic collision, driving without insurance and driving without a valid licence.
He was jailed for two years and four months and banned from driving for 44 months when he appeared at Preston Crown Court earlier last week.