Drunk driver’s taxi flipped over after chase following hit and run

A taxi driver has been disqualified from driving for eight years after been drunk while driving during a hit and run.

Edward Dee, aged 66, pleaded guilty at Limerick District Court yesterday to drink driving and failing to stop at the scene of an accident.

Insp Seamus Nolan gave evidence that a family of three were driving from Cappamore to Limerick at about 1.15am on Dec 27, 2011, when they saw a taxi approach.