An Audi driver has been jailed for dangerous driving after a man was left with life-changing injuries following a crash.
Povilas Petrosevicius, of Cannon Street in Wisbech, tried to overtake another car on the B1169 at Leverington Common, Gorefield, at 3pm on October 6, 2021.
The 31-year-old crossed onto the wrong side of the road in his black Audi A8, overtook a black VW Golf and then attempted to also overtake a grey Peugeot 308.
He failed to see a car coming towards him while he was still on the wrong side of the road.
Petrosevicius tried to cut back in behind the Peugeot 308 but hit the rear of the car, resulting in his Audi colliding head-on with the car coming towards him – a Mercedes S320.
The collision caused the Mercedes to spin, leave the road and land in a water-filled ditch.
Petrosevicius’ car ended up facing the wrong way on the carriageway.
The driver of the Mercedes, a man in his 60s, was left with life-changing injuries after suffering two broken legs.
Petrosevicius was interviewed and answered “no comment” to most questions asked of him.
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He was later served a postal requisition charging him with causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
He was sentenced at Huntingdon Law Courts on June 6 where he was jailed for one year and eight months in prison.
Petrosevicius was also disqualified from driving for two years and 10 months.
Detective sergeant Craig Wheeler, from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Serious Collision Unit, said: “Petrosevicius’ driving was incredibly dangerous, and we will do all we can to bring anyone who drives in this way to justice.
“The victim described how his life has been completely wrecked by this collision. It has taken away his independence, left him feeling a burden and unable to walk unaided.
“He also highlighted that the dangerous and reckless manoeuvre at a blind bend has changed his and his family’s lives forever – and urged others to think twice before they decide to drive dangerously.
“I hope the sentence imposed gives him some level of closure and also highlights how seriously the courts take these kinds of offences.”
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