Wisbech man jailed after crash leaves driver with life-changing injuries
The 31-year-old crossed onto the wrong side of the road in the moments before the crash
Last updated 9th Jun 2023
A Wisbech motorist who caused a serious accident, leaving a man with life-changing injuries, has been jailed for over a year.
31 year old Povilas Petrosevicius, of Cannon Street, tried to overtake a vehicle on the B1169 at Leverington Common, Gorefield, at just after 3pm on October 6, 2021.
Driving his Audi A8 on the wrong side of the road, he attempted to overtake two vehicles but failed to see a Mercedes heading straight for him.
The two cars collided head on, with the Mercedes spinning off the road and ending up in a ditch.
The driver, a man his 60s, was left with two broken legs.
Petrosevicius was handed one year and eight months in prison at Huntingdon Law Courts for causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
He will serve a two year and 10 month driving ban
Detective Sergeant Craig Wheeler, from the Beds, Cambs and Herts Serious Collision Unit, said: “Petrosevicius’ driving was incredibly dangerous, and we will do all we can to bring anyone who drives in this way to justice.
“In a statement read out in court, the victim described how his life has been completely wrecked by this collision, which has taken away his independence, left him feeling a burden and unable to walk unaided.
“He also highlighted that the dangerous and reckless manoeuvre at a blind bend has changed his and his family’s lives forever – and urged others to think twice before they decide to drive dangerously.
“I hope the sentence imposed gives him some level of closure and also highlights how seriously the courts take these kinds of offences.”