A lorry driver who was four times over the limit has been jailed for drink driving<\/p>\n
Petro Dziadevuch, 65, from Poland was driving his 44-tonne lorry down the A1 when police received a call from two HGV drivers who noticed his erratic driving.<\/p>\n
Police officers attended the scene and breathalysed Dziadevuch who had 165 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of his breath. The legal limit being 35.<\/p>\n
Sgt Mark Smith,\u00a0said: \u201cHis decision to drink while driving a vehicle of that size and load was not only extremely dangerous and alarming but selfish. Dziasdevuch\u2019s actions could have caused a fatality on our roads.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was unfit for questioning for over 16 hours while in police custody.\u201d<\/p>\n
The HGV drivers who saw Mr Dziadevuch\u2019s dangerous driving used their vehicles to bring him to a stop and called 999 shortly afterwards.<\/p>\n
Sgt Smith said:\u00a0 \u201cDrink driving will not be tolerated. The HGV drivers who brought Dziasdevuch to a stop demonstrated how majority of those who drive lorries for a living understand the dangers large vehicles pose to other road users and adhere to the standards and laws in place to minimise that risk.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would like to thank them for stopping a serious or fatal incident from occurring.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Dziasdevuch was sentenced to 16 weeks in prison at Doncaster magistrates\u2019 court on Tuesday and has been disqualified from driving for 32 months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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