Pictured: Drink driver who ploughed into grandfather before speeding off with kids in car
This is the face of a drink driver jailed for hitting a grandfather and left him for dead before speeding away with her children in the car.
Laura Preston was seen driving her Citroen C3 at 80mph in a 40mph zone before she running over Carl Durbin on a pedestrian crossing.
There were gasps and tears from his family when video of the incident was shown at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Thursday when the 37-year-old was sentenced for causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
Those in court saw the 59-year-old, who looked both ways before crossing Walsall Street in Willenhall, be thrown 20 feet into the air after Preston hit him at 52mph in a 30mph zone.
The impact left him fighting for his life and led to a three-month hospital stay. The grandfather sustained broken or fractured ribs, shoulder, pelvis, nose, neck, back, legs, two collapsed lungs as well as severe scarring on his face and head.
