A drink driver hit a 15-year-old boy after reversing over him in a ‘reckless and dangerous’ manner - he was left looking like a ‘pile of clothes’ on the ground. John Burton, 40, had reversed at speeds of 20 miles per hour over almost 50 metres before striking the boy in his friend's VW Golf.
The teenager was left with numerous injuries and spent two-and-a-half months in hospital. Fortunately he had made a good recovery.
Burton, of Wythenshawe, pleaded guilty to causing serious injury by dangerous driving, driving with excess alcohol and using a faulty tyre. Today (May 18) he was jailed for 34 months.
