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More info × Group 28 Thank you for subscribing! We have more newsletters Show Me No thanks, close See our Privacy Notice Drink-driver Edgaras Jucikas had a lucky escape after plunging his car into a Cambridgeshire ditch. The 28-year-old drank around four pints of beer before getting into his black Peugeot. Police were alerted after a member of the public saw the vehicle leave Westmoor Drive, Littleport, and flip into the ditch on the afternoon of June 14.
Jucikas was helped out of the ditch and given blankets. He then failed a breath test when police arrived, blowing 75 microgrammes per 100ml of breath. - which is more than twice the legal limit of 35 Jucikas, of Beck Row, Bury St Edmunds , pleaded guilty to drink driving, driving whilst disqualified, driving without insurance and failing to appear.
On Monday at Norwich Magistrates' Court he was sentenced to three months in prison and banned from driving for four-and-a-half years. PC Baillie Morgan- Heritage, of Cambridgeshire Police, said: “Jucikas is extremely lucky to be here today. If it wasn’t for a member of the public seeing his vehicle leave the road, he could’ve gone into the ditch without anyone knowing or being able to seek help.
“Drinking affects your reaction times, your vision and your ability to concentrate. As Jucikas demonstrated, drink drivers put their lives at risk by getting behind the wheel, not to mention the lives of other road users. Cambridgeshire Police operates a confidential, 24/7 hotline to report suspected drink or drug drivers on 0800 032 0845.
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