Driver who fled after running a red light and causing Sutton crash is jailed
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Following the crash, which left two people with serious injuries including spinal fractures, 28-year-old David Gibson ran away from the scene.
Gibson, of Milward Road, Heanor, Derbyshire, was today, Monday, August 24, jailed for two years and three months after pleading guilty to two charges of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and a third count of failing to stop after a road collision.
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Hide AdGibson was speeding and ignored a red light at the junction of Station Road and the A38 when his Renault Clio collided with a Land Rover Discovery.
Two passengers in the Clio – a man and a woman - were seriously injured.
The man’s injuries included a fractured pelvis, broken ribs, a broken spine and broken jaw, as well as damage to his teeth and eye.
The woman suffered broken vertebrae and heavy bruising and cuts to her eye, and she also had to have an operation on her neck.
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Hide AdThe driver of the Land Rover, who suffered substantial bruising and muscle damage to his body, said that he’d lost around £9,000 in work as a self-employed joiner as result of the incident.
The collision happened at about 12.30am on July 16 last year.
As well as his prison sentence, Gibson was banned from driving for three years, ordered to take an extended re-test and told to pay a £181 victim surcharge.
Police Constable Jonathan Stubbings, who investigated the incident, said: “Whenever we get behind the wheel of a car, we have the safety of other road users in our hands – not to mention the lives of any passengers who might be in the car with us.
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Hide Ad“On this occasion Gibson showed a complete disregard for this responsibility, not only driving in an incredibly reckless manner but leaving the scene when his two passengers were seriously hurt.
“I hope that Nottinghamshire Police’s actions to put Gibson before the court will go some way to helping those passengers put this incident behind them, and show other road users that there can be serious consequences to driving in this way.”