A drunk-driver who enjoyed a seven hour drinking session before crashing his car rolled a cigarette instead of calling 999 after he killed a young woman in the passenger seat. Daniel Crawshaw, 28, drove his BMW Coupe on March 7, 2020 after drinking in Holmfirth and Huddersfield, before he went over a grass verge and smashed into a wall.
A court heard that Crawshaw had been warned by people who were with him about drink driving, but instead told them: "Vodka five and drive." West Yorkshire Police said it is believed he consumed 10 alcoholic drinks before he met up with a friend and 20-year-old Keegan Egdell, who tragically died in the crash on Huddersfield Road.
Prosecutor Jonathan Sharp told Leeds Crown Court on Monday (December 19) that Crawshaw, of Bourne Walk, Barnsley, had failed to slow down before the bend at the junction of Crosland Spring Road, where the BMW went over a grass verge, hit a road sign and then a wall, reports YorkshireLive.
