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Michael Howie

Watch: Drink driver flips car at almost 120mph after nearly crashing into lorry on A1

A drink driver's own dashcam captured the moment he flipped his car into a field at almost 120mph after narrowly avoiding crashing into a lorry on the A1.

Cambridgeshire Police said Michael Bailey, 30, had to be released from his vehicle by firefighters and a blood test found him to be more than twice the legal alcohol limit.

The force said his dashcam showed him driving dangerously on the northbound A1 at Water Newton, near Peterborough, at about 1.30am on October 18.

In the footage he was speeding, swerving across lanes and almost crashed into a lorry before losing control, rolling and ending up in a field.

It was estimated he was doing about 116mph just before the collision, police said.

Bailey, who was taken to hospital suffering from minor injuries, admitted to drink driving and dangerous driving, the force said.

Police said he was sentenced at Peterborough Magistrates' Court to 26 weeks in prison suspended for 12 months.

Bailey, of Ringwood, Bretton, Peterborough, was also banned from driving for two years at the hearing on April 2.

Pc Callum Watson said afterwards: “Bailey was incredibly lucky to have suffered only minor injuries from a crash at this speed.

“It could have ended much worse, for Bailey or anyone he encountered on the roads that night.”

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