Drunk driver crashed his lorry as drove off ferry in Harwich Port

A drunk lorry driver who was four times the legal drink-drive limit crashed his HGV as he tried to disembark a ferry arriving in Essex. Jacek Przybyl aroused suspicions from police as he arrived in Harwich Port and caused a minor crash on August 11 this year. Roads Policing Unit officers were alerted to the incident inside the port involving a lorry driver as he disembarked from a recently arrived ferry.

The police’s Force Control Room were called after suspicions were aroused that the lorry driver was drink driving. Following a roadside breath test, Przybyl, 43, of no fixed address, blew four times the legal limit and was arrested at 7.45am. He was charged with drink driving and remanded into custody to appear at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court the following day where he pleaded guilty.

Also read:Mum of girl who died from drinking Costa drink calls for end to ‘tick box’ safety controls[2] He was jailed for 12 weeks and disqualified from driving for three years. Adam Pipe, Head of Roads Policing said: “Jacek Przybyl didn’t think of his or other road users’ safety when he got behind the wheel intending to drive hundreds of miles on a major route out of Essex.

“Alcohol stays in your system longer than you think and it affects your decision making and slows your reaction time.

I hope that this acts as a warning to anyone who thinks that drink, or drug driving, is an option – it’s not.

“I’d like to thank colleagues at the port for bringing this to our attention so we could ensure that Jacek Przybyl didn’t present a danger on our roads or to any other driver.”

References

1. ^ The Essex areas with the worst drivers named (www.essexlive.news)
2. ^ Mum of girl who died from drinking Costa drink calls for end to ‘tick box’ safety controls (www.essexlive.news)