AN NHS nurse who had been helping with the Covid vaccine rollout crashed her car after leaving her boyfriend's house on Christmas Day while twice the drink driving limit.
Helen Carter got behind the wheel, despite having consumed alcohol on Christmas Day last year, after an argument with her new boyfriend's family.
The 41-year-old crashed her BMW 125i Sport on the A483 in Howey late in the evening of December 25, with police discovering her trapped inside the vehicle, which was on its roof, when they arrived on the scene.
Carter, an NHS practice nurse who works in Hay-on-Wye but lives in Hereford, had decided to return home after an argument with her partner's daughter.