Police could smell intoxicating liquor from van driver following collision at roundabout, court told
A 52-year-old Co Tyrone man involved in a two-vehicle collision at a roundabout on the Ballynakilly Road, Coalisland, has lost his licence for 12-months.
Dungannon Magistrates Court was told that at approximately 1.40pm on May 23, police were tasked to the collision.
Before the court was Martin McCurry, of Coalisland Road, Dungannon, who was also fined £200 with a £15 offender’s levy for driving while having consumed excess alcohol.
Prosecuting counsel said a red van was one of the vehicles involved when police spoke to its driver, the defendant, and they noticed a smell of intoxicating liquor emanating from him.
The lawyer said a roadside test was carried out which McCurry failed, and he was arrested and conveyed to Lurgan police station where he provided an evidential test showing a reading of 63 mcgs per 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35 mcgs.
A defence solicitor stressed the defendant has been driving for 25 years and had no record.