Drug driver jailed for crash that left Cork taxi driver in seven-week coma and close to dying

The taxi driver remain on extensive medication and endure chronic pain, Cork Circuit Criminal Court heard

The taxi driver was parked on the hard shoulder in his silver Peugeot Partner car when it was struck by the defendant’s white Renault Kangoo van causing extensive damage. File picture: iStock

A taxi driver who pulled into the hard shoulder to check details of his next journey had his life changed forever by a driver with cannabis in his blood who crashed into his car near Carrigtwohill and caused him devastating injuries.

42-year-old David O’Sullivan of Cleremont Cottages, South Douglas Road, Cork, was jailed on Wednesday at Cork Circuit Criminal Court where Judge Dermot Sheehan imposed a three-year term with the last two years suspended and banned him from driving for six years.