DRUNKEN DRIVER CRASHED AFTER CHASE

Angry mum lost control and hit wall breaking limbs of her and daughter, 15

A DRUNK mum-of-three chased a “boy racer” who overtook her in roadworks but she ended up crashing her car against a wall leaving both her and daughter with broken legs and arms.

Alison Gray was left in a “fit of rage” when Peter Davey raced past her on a stretch of the A5, near Bryngwran on Anglesey that was being resurfaced in July last year.

As Davey, 38, overtook her, loose chippings from the road rained over her car, so she decided to speed up and give chase – even though her 15-year-old daughter was beside her in the passenger seat.

Davey, who himself had been travelling at “excessive” speed, had overtaken Gray on a bend on the approach into Bryngwran, forcing an oncoming car to perform an emergency stop to avoid a head on collision with his Volkswagen.

Gray, meanwhile, lost control, clipped a kerb and ended up ploughing into a wall.

The accident shut the A5 at Bryngwran for more than five hours with Gray, 36, and her daughter trapped inside her mangled Audi.

Gray’s daughter had to be airlifted to hospital having suffered serious injuries to her left forearm and broken both her legs.

Gray, of Ty’n Berllan, Bryngwran, broke both her legs and an arm.

She was jailed for 20 months at Caernarfon crown court after she pleaded guilty to causing serious injury by dangerous driving, driving without insurance and drink driving.

Judge Huw Rees said he had no option but to impose a custodial sentence on Gray

The judge said: “You were incensed by the overtaking manoeuvre and decided to give chase. You lost all sense of precaution. You said in your evidence that you wanted to remonstrate with him.

“But due to the excess speed, you lost control and clipped the curb, crashing into a wall.

“This was no momentary error of judgment – your driving calls for an immediate sentence.”

A test found Gray had 111mg of alcohol in her blood – above the 80mg legal limit.

The judge also banned her from driving for three years after her release and told her she must take an extended re-test.

Davey, of London Road, Valley, Anglesey, was fined £200 and issued with seven penalty points.

Gray’s defence pointed to her early guilty plea and previous good character.