Off-duty nurse came to aid of Co Tyrone drink driver who had crashed Audi onto roof
A court heard an off-duty nurse came to the aid of a drink driver who crashed an Audi car onto its roof at Roguery Road near Toomebridge.
The 53-year-old crashed around 11pm on March 19.
The defendant, Martin Jude Morgan, of Gortevin Park, Coalisland, received medical attention from an off-duty nurse before being taken to hospital.
A blood sample showed an alcohol reading of 161 - the legal limit for blood is 80.
The defendant had been alone in the car in the single-vehicle collision.
A defence solicitor told Antrim Magistrates Court, sitting in Ballymena, his client, a plasterer, had nothing to eat all day and had beer with a family member but had felt capable of driving.
District Judge Nigel Broderick said the defendant was lucky not to have killed himself or somebody else.
Morgan, who had drink driving-related convictions in 2003 and 2007, received a 16-month road ban, £400 fine and will have to re-sit a test to get back on the roads.