M6 crash carnage revealed in police images after drink and drug-driving smash
Police have released shocking images of a horrific motorway crash near Walsall to warn people against drink and drug-driving.
Images show the significant damage caused in the crash on the M6 - with police saying it was miraculous that no one lost their life.
The wreckage of the crash was strewn across the carriageway leaving the motorway closed for several hours on March 4.
Police say the crash had been caused by 24-year-old Mohammed Nameer of Dudley Road, Winson Green.
Nameer did not have a licence and was high on cannabis and alcohol at the time, say West Midlands Police officers who issued the images.
His blue Audi ploughed into the back of the private hire taxi, flipping it over and trapping the occupants inside.
Nameer pleaded guilty to five charges - driving whilst unfit through drink and drugs, having no insurance, driving without a licence and driving without due car and attention.
Last week Nameer was sentenced to three months in prison.
He has been banned from driving for two years, ordered to carry out 100 hours unpaid work and pay fines to his victims and the Crown Prosecution Service.
Pc James Barry, of West Midlands Police, said he hoped the images will deter others from making the same mistake this summer.
He said: “Choosing to get behind the wheel under the influence can have an effect not only on you, but also on other road users.
“Alcohol affects everyone's driving for the worse – there are no exceptions.
"It creates a feeling of overconfidence, makes judging distance and speed more difficult and slows your reactions so it takes longer to stop.
"Drunk and drug driving often leads to serious accidents, injury and death.
"On this occasion the people involved were lucky to escape with their lives.
"The same cannot be said for many, many other innocent people who have died on the region’s roads."
The national summer drink-drive campaign starts next week.
