Drunk driver escapes after flipping car into pond
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A Sheffield, south Yorks., drink driver and his passenger had a miracle escape after he ploughed his flash BMW into a flooded farmer's field -- and the pair had to SWIM to safety. See Ross Parry story RPYBOOZED; A boozed-up teen BMW driver finished his night upside down in a pond while giving a pal a lift home after a few too many. Michael Mitchell, 19, and his passenger had to fight their way out of his BMW 1 Series hatchback after it plunged into a flooded field when he lost control of the vehicle. A court was told how foolish Mitchell had returned home after "three or four pints" during a night out but went out in the early hours to give his friend a lift home. Chesterfield Magistrates Court, Derbs., was told how the teen crashed into the flooded field during misty weather on Longside Road, Holymoorside on May 26. However the pair miraculously managed to escape the submerged, upside down vehicle and flagged a taxi home. (SWNS)
A drunk driver ended up in the drink in England, when he flipped his car into a flooded field.
Michael Mitchell admitted to police that he’d three or four pints of beer before running his car through a wall and of the road in Holymoorside as he failed to negotiate a sharp bend.
Police found the car hours after the accident and tracked the 19-year-old to his home, where he failed a breathalyzer test. He claimed that he hadn’t immediately called them to report the accident because he lost his phone in the car.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Mitchell and his passenger were wearing their seat belts and uninjured, but had to fight their way out of the sinking car, SWNS reports. They managed to hitch ride and went to a nearby hospital to get checked out.
A Sheffield, south Yorks., drink driver and his passenger had a miracle escape after he ploughed his flash BMW into a flooded farmer's field -- and the pair had to SWIM to safety. See Ross Parry story RPYBOOZED; A boozed-up teen BMW driver finished his night upside down in a pond while giving a pal a lift home after a few too many. Michael Mitchell, 19, and his passenger had to fight their way out of his BMW 1 Series hatchback after it plunged into a flooded field when he lost control of the vehicle. A court was told how foolish Mitchell had returned home after "three or four pints" during a night out but went out in the early hours to give his friend a lift home. Chesterfield Magistrates Court, Derbs., was told how the teen crashed into the flooded field during misty weather on Longside Road, Holymoorside on May 26. However the pair miraculously managed to escape the submerged, upside down vehicle and flagged a taxi home. (SWNS)
A judge presiding over the case against Mitchell called him “remarkably lucky,” and said that “the circumstances could have been dreadful if you had both been unconscious.”
The court fined Mitchell $265 and suspended his license for 16 months.