{"id":225385,"date":"2023-12-18T21:58:04","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T21:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allworldreport.com\/?p=225385"},"modified":"2023-12-18T21:58:04","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T21:58:04","slug":"moment-drink-driver-avoids-drowning-to-death-by-inches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allworldreport.com\/world-news\/moment-drink-driver-avoids-drowning-to-death-by-inches\/","title":{"rendered":"Moment drink driver avoids drowning to death by inches"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"withoutBlobs--dkFi0\">Moment drink driver avoids drowning to death by inches after ploughing through a brick wall and onto a canal path after night out<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Paul Pollard, 60, crashed trough a wall in Nottingham on August 19 at 3am\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Accidentally stepped on the accelerator when he got behind the wheel of his car\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Three times of the legal drink-drive limit following a boozy day watching football\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is the horrifying moment a drunk BMW driver crashed through a wall and flipped his car upside down &#8211; landing just inches away from a canal.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Pollard, 60, accidentally stepped on the accelerator pedal when he got behind the wheel of his car after a night out in Nottingham on August 19.<\/p>\n<p>CCTV footage shows the motor lurch forward and crash through a wall at 3am before toppling onto the city&#8217;s canal towpath, narrowly missing a fall into the water.<\/p>\n<p>Pollard, who was three times over the legal drink-drive limit, managed to scramble out of the wrecked car and amazingly avoid serious injury, before being taken into police custody.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Leicestershire man admitted drink-driving and driving without due care and attention. He was given a 19-month driving ban at Nottingham Magistrates&#8217; Court.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/21\/79099621-12878289-Paul_Pollard_60_accidentally_stepped_on_the_accelerator_pedal_wh-a-10_1702934949101.jpg\" height=\"593\" width=\"962\"><\/p>\n<p>Paul Pollard, 60, accidentally stepped on the accelerator pedal when he got behind the wheel of his car after a night out in Nottingham on August 19<\/p>\n<p>During a police interview, Pollard told officers he had gone out drinking in the city centre after watching Nottingham Forest play Sheffield United.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pollard had said he spent the afternoon boozing at the City Ground&#8217;s hospitality box during Forest&#8217;s 2-1 win and downed three pints of lager before driving to the Leonardo Hotel in the city where he had booked a room for the night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A breath test showed he had 97mcg of alcohol per 100ml of breath &#8211; nearly three times the legal drink-drive limit of 35mcg.<\/p>\n<p>A subsequent blood sample gave a reading of 141 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood. The legal limit is 80 milligrams.<\/p>\n<p>Pollard, Preston Close, Kirkby Mallory, told officers he believes he fell asleep at the wheel and his foot slipped onto the accelerator.<\/p>\n<p>He added he felt &#8216;terrible&#8217; about the incident and regretted his decision to drink-drive.<\/p>\n<p>The reckless driver was also fined \u00a3807 and told to pay a \u00a3323 surcharge and \u00a385 costs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/21\/79099619-12878289-CCTV_footage_shows_the_motor_lurch_forward_and_crash_through_a_w-a-11_1702934949102.jpg\" height=\"637\" width=\"962\"><\/p>\n<p>CCTV footage shows the motor lurch forward and crash through a wall at 3am before toppling onto the city&#8217;s canal towpath, narrowly missing a fall into the water.<\/p>\n<p>PC Katie Bradshaw, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: &#8216;Pollard showed absolutely no regard for other people&#8217;s safety when he got behind the wheel while over the drink-drive limit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;In this case, he was parked up &#8211; but still managed to crash through a wall and onto a canal path, leaving the rear of his vehicle hanging precariously over the Nottingham Canal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He is exceptionally lucky to have escaped with minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This case should serve as a stark reminder to others of why drinking and driving is a very dangerous mix.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We want to send out the message that this kind of behaviour is totally unsafe and irresponsible and can put others at risk of very serious injury or even death.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>More than 50 drivers have been arrested in the first 10 days of a ground-breaking force-wide crackdown on drink and drug driving.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12878289\/Moment-drink-driver-avoids-drowning-death-inches-ploughing-brick-wall-canal-path-night-out.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moment drink driver avoids drowning to death by inches after ploughing through a brick wall and onto&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225384,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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