Drink driver jailed over Father's Day crash which killed dad and two children

A man who caused the deaths of a father, his two children and their pet dog has been jailed for more than ten years.

Joshua James Flynn, Skylar Flynn, Coby-Jay Flynn and their pet dog Troy all died on Father's Day last year, when a car that was being driven by David Logan mounted the kerb on Abby Road near Dalton.

Logan was slurring his speech and staggering on his feet when he was pulled from his Peugeot 206, left embedded in a tree, moments after.

Logan, aged 48, of Broughton Road, Dalton pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to three counts of causing death by dangerous driving, driving over the prescribed limit of alcohol and criminal damage which is in relation to the death of the family's dog.

He was also disqualified from driving for for 16 years 5 months

At the time, officers gave Logan a roadside breath test, which tested as 63mg of alcohol per 100ml of breath.

Wife and mum Emma Flynn said in a victim impact statement: “That day, the day it happened, was just a normal day. I went off to work leaving Josh, Coby, Skylar and Troy to spend the day together.

“I did not know that when I left them, that it would be the last time I saw my family alive, the last time that my life was normal.