Motorist sentenced to three months imprisonment after Offaly traffic accident
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An Offaly man was sentenced to three months imprisonment and disqualified from holding a driving licence for four years, during a recent sitting of Tullamore District Court.
Colin Hanniffy, Leabeg, Tullamore was charged with dangerous driving, drink driving and failing to remain at the scene.
Sgt James O'Sullivan told the court that just outside Boora village on December 29 last, Mr Hanniffy nearly collided with another vehicle, drove into a ditch, got out of his crashed vehicle, got into another vehicle belonging to him which was parked nearby and drove off. The sergeant said the other driver had to swerve out of the way just before the defendant drove into the ditch. “His jeep was driving on the wrong side of the road.”