A judge slammed a dangerous driver for yawning in the dock, before jailing him for causing a crash under the influence of drugs and alcohol - while already banned.
Lawrence Ward had been speeding along Mancunian Way in his Ford Mondeo in the early hours of March 16, 2020. As the 26-year-old approached Great Ancoats Street, he lost control of his car on the wet road and smashed head-on into a coach filled with passengers and a Maserati. READ MORE : Man pulled over for not wearing a seatbelt loses £200k and gets jailed for three years Dashcam footage played by prosecution barrister Rachel Faux at Manchester Crown Court showed Ward's car flip into the air at the point of impact and he was taken to hospital with damage to some of his organs
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