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Alexander Lawrie & edinburghlive Administrator

Edinburgh drunk driver jailed after causing rickshaw rider to lose foot in smash

A drunk driver who crashed into a rickshaw taxi leaving the driver with horrific injuries - including losing his foot - has been jailed.

Matthew Mackay, 26, had been drinking in an Edinburgh cocktail bar before jumping into his powerful Audi and driving the short distance to his home in May last year.

Mackay lost control of his vehicle and ploughed into the back of the rickshaw throwing the driver and two passengers out of the carriage and into the middle of the city’s West Approach Road.

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