Drink driver trapped in crash... so cracks open another beer
12 April 2012
Trapped after overturning his car while driving drunk, Paul Sneddon, 47, opened another beer as he waited to be rescued on New Zealand's North Island.
Sneddon had gone out drinking after losing his job at a bakery. He lost control taking a corner and the car flipped over as it smashed through a wooden barrier.
His lawyer told the court: "He had nothing else to do at that point, so he had another beer."
Police found him three times over the drink drive limit, and when an officer asked how much he had consumed Sneddon replied: "Plenty, I've been drinking for four days straight."
He was fined £520 and banned from driving for 10 months.
