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Drink-driver went wrong way around A16/A17 Sutterton Roundabout




A drink-driver caused a crash by going the wrong way around a major roundabout.

Florin Burdulea’s Vauxhall Vivaro collided with another vehicle at the junction of the A17 and A16 in Sutterton.

The 42-year-old, of Oak Drive, Outwell, was arrested and gave a reading of 74 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35.

Sutterton Roundabout. (53448120)
Sutterton Roundabout. (53448120)

Marie Stace, prosecuting at Boston Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, said: “In interview, he said he’d had four to five beers at his child’s birthday party.

“He went to pick up some friends to take back.

“He said he was distracted by a light, panicked and then drove the wrong way around the roundabout.”

Burdulea, who had no previous convictions, pleaded guilty to drink-driving on March 11.

Helen Coney, mitigating, said: “He regrets his actions.

“It’s had an impact on him and his family in that he hasn’t been able to get to work except for two occasions when he got a lift.”

Burdulea was banned from driving for 20 months, which can be cut with completion of a drink-driver rehabilitation course. He was also fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 costs and £48 victim surcharge.



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