Banned: Driver dozed off after 'no sleep for 24 hours' before crashing into oncoming car
A motorist fell asleep at the wheel and veered onto the wrong side of the road, crashing into another car, after driving 300 miles and climbing Snowdon to watch the sun rise.
Anthony Churchill had barely slept for 24 hours when dashcam footage showed him drift onto the wrong side of the A5 between Corwen and Llangollen and a collision with a Mercedes CLS car at 8.10am on June 17.
Appearing at Mold Crown Court on Friday, the 29-year-old was handed a 14-month jail term, suspended for 18 months.
Churchill had pleaded guilty previously at Llandudno Magistrates’ Court to causing serious injury by dangerous driving to his front-seat passenger Mateusz Szwarc. Mr Szwarc had multiple injuries and needed surgery to his lower spine after being been taken to Royal Stoke University Hospital.
Banning from driving for two years and ordering him to take an extended driving test, Judge Rhys Rowlands told Churchill: "You are a thoroughly decent man otherwise who unfortunately on this morning took a bad decision.”
