Man jailed for two-and-a-half years after admitting crashing into people waiting for a food bank

A man from Long Eaton has been jailed for two and a half years after crashing his van into a queue of people outside a food bank in Kirk Hallam in Derbyshire last year.

Martin Casey, 38, had a partial seizure and injured a number of  people, three of whom needed hospital treatment.

The court heard that Casey knew he was unwell and that he should never had been driving. 

Martin Casey was behind the wheel of a Ford van which collided with a number of people outside the Kirk Hallam Community Hall in Kenilworth Drive on Friday 5 July, 2019.

Nottingham Crown Court heard today that Casey had crashed into the same building just a week before and then had another collision just days later in Long Eaton.

Casey, of College Street, Long Eaton, had previously pleaded guilty to two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and one count of dangerous driving.

DC Scott Cooper said,

He added that the DVLA lists more than 80 different conditions that you must inform them about if you are diagnosed and if believe that someone is driving and is unfit to do so, then you can contact your local police force in confidence.