'It’s a miracle nobody was hurt or killed' - Drunk driver went on 20 mile rampage and drove on wrong side of M56
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA judge said it was a ‘miracle’ that no-one was killed after a drunk driver went on a 20 mile motorway rampage. James Loveridge, 28, rammed into other cars and drove the wrong way down the M56 before eventually crashing into a fence in Wythenshawe.
His shocking driving terrorised other motorists, with one, a veteran who had served in Afghanistan, describing it as ‘one of the scariest incidents’ he had ever experienced.
Loveridge, who was found to be two-and-a-half times over the drink drive limit, was jailed for just under two years. “This incident of dangerous driving is one of the worst that I have seen over many years as a crown court judge,” Judge Suzanne Goddard KC told him. “One is more used to seeing such driving on TV dramas. READ MORE: Neighbours rush to help after 'horrific' Oldham car crash as victim, 26, is named “It’s a miracle nobody was hurt or killed that day as a result of your driving.” Manchester Crown Court heard that Loveridge’s father had previously died in a car crash more than a decade earlier.
Prosecutors told how Loveridge was driving on the M56 on Monday, March 4, when traffic was ‘heavy’. The driver of an AA recovery truck became aware of Loveridge near junction 12.
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