Drunk-driver boasted 'vodka five and drive' and rolled cigarette instead of calling 999 after killing young woman
A drunk-driver who enjoyed a seven hour drinking session before crashing his car rolled a cigarette instead of calling 999 after he killed a young woman in the passenger seat. Daniel Crawshaw, 28, drove his BMW Coupe on March 7, 2020 after drinking in Holmfirth and Huddersfield, before he went over a grass verge and smashed into a wall.
Mr Sharp said Crawshaw got out of the car and was seen by a passing taxi driver rolling a cigarette before trying to get into the taxi in an attempt to leave the scene. "The [taxi] driver saw smoke from the car and slowed down. When he slowed down he asked the defendant if he was alright and he put his thumb up. He stumbled over to the taxi and the driver locked his door and the defendant tried the handle - it seemed like he wanted to get in. The driver got the impression he was trying to do a runner so he drove off."
In his first interview he told police he had had a total of four pints of lager and no spirits. He said he had offered to take Keegan and the man home but could not remember what route he took from Huddersfield. He pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and causing serious injury by dangerous driving at a hearing in November this year. Crawshaw had no previous convictions.
The court heard Crawshaw had been seeing a grief councillor and 'found the situation very difficult to deal with'. Mr Holland added: "It is evident from material from the councillor that his contrition and remorse is well sounded and it was not simply self pity on his part and there has been far reaching effects so far as the defendant, his mother, stepfather, father and his siblings.
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