Drunk driver racing at 84mph with toddler in car smashes into lorry after seven pints
A boozed-up dad was ‘lucky to not kill someone’ after smashing his car into a lorry during a high-speed race – with his three-year-old in the vehicle.
Declan Webster, 32, got in the driver’s seat after finishing off seven pints in a seven-hour binge at a pub in Derbyshire.
Shocking footage shows him race brother Robert, 33, who had sank six pints, and other sibling Michael Bower, 27, who had polished off five.
Webster’s Toyota Corolla smashed into a HGV as he drove at 84mph on August 5 last year with his partner and toddler in the car.
Bower was seen overtaking Robert at 71mph in the lead-up to the crash in Chesterfield at about 9.30pm, Chesterfield Magistrates’ Court heard.
All three men will be sentenced at Derby Crown Court after pleading guilty to dangerous driving. They were unconditionally bailed.
The offence is in a high category due to the alcohol and ‘prolonged’ bad driving, Prosecutor Becky Allsop said.
Sharing the video on Twitter, Derbyshire Police wrote: ‘This trio of dangerous drivers are lucky not to have killed someone.’
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