Taiyeeb Shah was so angry he out his foot down and tried to overtake another driver in a quiet residential street, but ended up smashing into an oncoming vehicle. A judge at Preston Crown Court heard the 29-year-old “saw red” and was on the wrong side of the road as he ploughed into a car carrying a man and his daughter. Advertisement Advertisement Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Lancashire Evening Post, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more.
He then drove off, leaving the occupants of the wrecked vehicle trapped inside. They had to be cut out by firefighters. Judge Ian Unsworth KC told him: “You were fortunate – you could have killed them.
” And he added: “You even put your wife and daughter at risk with your dangerous driving.” He was jailed for 14 months and banned from driving for more than three-and-a-half years after his own barrister described his driving that day as “appalling.” Shah, of Tenby Close, Blackburn, who was said in court to be suffering from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after being the victim of a stabbing in Chorley, admitted a charge of dangerous driving.
Advertisement Advertisement Join our new WhatsApp Community to get the latest news and top stories from across Lancashire directly to your phone. The court was told he had moved away from Chorley to live with relatives in Blackburn following the violent incident .