Drunk driver crashed three times in one week but may avoid charges due to testing time limit

Medical and policing experts warn current laws hinder prosecutions as alcohol-related crashes continue to place growing strain on emergency services

One man Mr Fogarty tended to recently in CUH crashed his vehicle three times in one week while intoxicated but has so far evaded prosecution, he said. FIle picture

A man who crashed his car drunk driving three times in one week in Cork may evade prosecution because no blood sample was taken within the legal three-hour window.

Dr Eoin Fogarty, Consultant in Emergency and Retrieval Medicine in Cork University Hospital (CUH), said that drink driving laws are so lax that he is now seeing repeat offenders come for treatment after drunken crashes in CUH’s emergency department.