Whisky-drinking lorry driver banned over crash
Lauri Martel, 40, was filmed veering across the A1(M) near Peterborough on Tuesday morning. …
A drunk HGV driver has been disqualified from driving after he was seen swerving across a motorway and colliding with a central reservation.
Lauri Martel, 40, was captured on dashcam footage careering across the A1(M) near Peterborough at 10:30 BST on Tuesday.
Martel, of no fixed address, stopped in a layby where he was found to be almost twice the drink-drive limit.
He had whisky and cola in a coffee mug in his cab, and discarded alcohol bottles were discovered outside the driver’s window, said Cambridgeshire Police.
He was disqualified from driving for 16 months, fined £500 and ordered to pay costs of £155 at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court.
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