Woman jailed for dangerous driving after cocaine-fuelled crash

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 16 Oct, 17:02 · Archive

Emma Dutton, 43, fell asleep at the wheel while under the influence of cocaine and crashed into a telegraph pole.

Emma Dutton, 43, from Berinsfield, fell asleep at the wheel of her blue Nissan Qashqai on Stadhampton Road in Little Milton on 5 February. She veered off the road on a slight bend and crashed into a telegraph pole. Dashcam footage from a vehicle behind her captured the moment of impact.

Dutton was found to have benzoylecgonine (cocaine) in her blood at a level greater than 800 micrograms per litre. She pleaded guilty to both dangerous driving and drug driving at Oxford Magistrates' Court on 8 October.

She was sentenced to a year in jail suspended for two years and received a 22-month driving ban. Dutton was also ordered to pay court costs of £85 and a surcharge of £187. A police spokesman urged drivers not to drug drive, stating it risks 'your licence, your freedom, or somebody else's life'.

How it is being reported

• Watch the moment a drug driver, 43, crashes her carFootage shows the moment a woman on cocaine crashed into a telegraph pole.Oxford Mail · 16 Oct, 16:12
• Watch the moment a drug driver, 43, crashes her carFootage shows the moment a woman on cocaine crashed into a telegraph pole.Oxfordshire Guardian · 16 Oct, 16:12

In this story: Emma Dutton · Berinsfield · Little Milton · Oxford Magistrates' Court · Stadhampton Road

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