Speeding driver smashed into people carrier after vodka binge
A speeding banned driver from Walsall, who forced motorists to swerve out of his way before ploughing into a people carrier injuring its six occupants and badly hurting his woman passenger, has been jailed.
Surinder Sund, who had drunk up to two bottles of vodka before getting behind the wheel, repeatedly veered onto the wrong side of the road and overtook on a blind bend before disaster struck, Wolverhampton Crown Court heard.
Mr Gary Richards saw the unregistered Saab coming towards him on the wrong side of the road before veering out of the way.
He said: "The speed was unreal. I have never seen a car driven that fast on a normal road."
Mr Richards watched in his rear view mirror as it disappeared round a corner on Darlaston Road, Walsall and then heard the loud bang of the crash near the junction with Cemetery Road.
Sund, aged 32, had finally lost control and cannoned broadside into a Toyota people carrier travelling in the opposite direction which was almost stationary after braking heavily in a desperate bid to avoid the crash on June 27 last year.
Its driver Mr Francis Agyeman, his wife and their four children, aged between six and 12, were injured but not very seriously.
However, Miss Vanhorn suffered a broken pelvis, collar bone and ribs together with a punctured lung in the impact and was treated in hospital until July 6.
She later had to be revived after her heart stopped beating, said Mr Bennett.
Sund had drunk so much he could barely stand but did not take a breath test. He later claimed to have drunk two bottles of vodka.
Eye witness Joshua Harris said: "I saw the car spinning around before hitting the people carrier that had braked hard. They both bounced into the air. The driver collapsed on the ground after getting out of the car."
Mr Harpreet Sandhu, defending, said: "This sobering and salutary experience has led to him voluntarily addressing his use of alcohol."
Sund from Stafford Street, Walsall pleaded guilty to causing serious injury by dangerous driving and was jailed for three years. He was jailed for three years and also banned from driving for six years.
Judge Amjad Nawaz said: "This was as bad a piece of driving as it is possible to imagine short of causing death by dangerous driving."
