A speeding driver who ran a red light at a junction crashed into a car containing a mum and her young son before slamming into a wall, a court has heard. Phillip David ran away from the wreckage without stopping to see if his victims were injured but police identified him as the driver from DNA found on the vehicle's air bag.
Swansea Crown Court heard only it was "miraculous" that neither the mother nor her four-year-old son were badly injured in the crash, though the boy was left suffering with night terrors and would wake up screaming.
A judge said it was clear from the the facts of the case and David's history of motoring offences that the Calsonic car parts factory worker has "scant regard for the rules of the road and the safety of others".
