Taxi driver pulled from car seconds before it burst into flames, court hears

A taxi driver whose car was hit head-on by a drunk driver in Kildare was pulled from his vehicle 30 seconds before it went up in flames, a court has head.

Sergejs Sluncevs, aged 37, had been drinking heavily before he tried to drive home from his Christmas party and veered across the road, crashing straight into an oncoming taxi.

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard Sluncevs had initially taken a lift home from the party but discovered he had left his keys behind and, after being dropped back to his car, made the “life-changing mistake” to drive himself home instead.