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Food bank van crash: Man 'should not have been driving'
Jul 13, 2020
A man who drove his van into people queuing outside a food bank had suffered a "partial seizure" and should not have been driving, a court heard.
Martin Casey, 38, was driving at 08:55 BST on 5 July last year when his vehicle veered off the road.
He struck five people outside the Kirk Hallam Community Centre in Derbyshire, injuring two of them seriously.
He was sentenced to two and a half years in prison at Nottingham Crown Court.
The court heard on Monday it was the third time in a month he had caused an accident after a blackout when driving.
Casey, of College Street, Long Eaton previously pleaded guilty to two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and one count of dangerous driving.
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Jeremy Janes, prosecuting, said Casey had suffered a serious brain trauma following a car crash in 2002.
Since then he had mistaken the blackouts and seizures for panic attacks, and was only recently diagnosed with epilepsy.
Image copyright Derbyshire Constabulary Image caption The court heard Casey had caused accidents before after suffering blackouts while driving
About 20 people had been in the food bank queue on 5 July.
After the crash, some of them described Casey as being "unconcerned" and "very vague", said Mr Janes.
Another said he was "glazed" and more concerned about the condition of his van.
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