A man who caused serious injury to a woman after he smashed a stolen car through a flyover barrier and onto the A1 below has been jailed.
Hugh Raymond Holmes, 32, was seen driving a Vauxhall Astra dangerously at speed on January 21 by several motorists, before he collided with a van and careered over a crash barrier and onto a central reservation below. The car landed on its roof and was completely written off, before Holmes got out of the vehicle, leaving his unconscious female passenger trapped inside with severe injuries.
As other motorists rushed to help at the scene, an intoxicated Holmes put the blame on his female passenger in order to "save his own skin". Before he was arrested at the scene, he swore at officers while refusing to provide a breath sample.
