A drink driver from March has been jailed for causing a head-on crash in East Cambridgeshire which left a woman with long-lasting injuries.

Kestutis Korzeniauskas, 52, was driving a black Vauxhall Insignia along Twenty Pence Road, towards Wilburton, when he struck a black Vauxhall Corsa heading in the opposite direction at about 8am on Monday June 5 last year.

The driver of the Corsa, a 23-year-old woman, was taken to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, with serious injuries.

She recovered and was discharged but now suffers from lasting injuries.  

A breath test showed Korzeniauskas was more than three times the legal limit, and a further blood sample contained 177 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood - the limit is 80.

On Friday October 11, at Peterborough Crown Court, Korzeniauskas, of Heathcote Close, March, was jailed for nine months, having pleaded guilty to causing serious injury by careless/inconsiderate driving, drink driving and driving without a licence.

Korzeniauskas was also banned from driving for three years and four months.  

He was also convicted of drink driving and driving with no licence in 2017.

DC James McAlister said: “If this case doesn’t highlight the dangers of drink driving, I don’t know what will. Korzeniauskas should never have been behind the wheel of a car that morning.

“The victim was just minding her own business when he collided with her, and I would like to commend her bravery and wish her all the best in her recovery.”

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