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This is the moment a motorist miraculously escapes after an out-of-control tractor driven by a drug-taking teenager smashed into his car.
In the video, Tyler Sowerby’s huge Case iH tractor can be seen veering across the two-lane road outside an RAF base and into the path of William Davis.
Mr Davis had little time to react when 19-year-old Sowerby smashed into his Honda in a head-on collision last September, running over the car and devastating it completely beneath its enormous tyres.
Remarkably, Mr Davis managed to flee his car despite it being crushed beneath the tractor.
In court today, Sowerby, of Lazonby, near Penrith in Cumbria, admitted careless driving and driving while unfit through drugs.
He had previously admitted a separate drug-driving offence committed in February last year after he was stopped by police. A blood test showed he was over the legal driving limit for cocaine. The court heard he had no previous convictions.
Video shows how Tyler Sowerby’s huge Case iH vehicle veered across the two-lane road outside an RAF base and into the path of a Honda driven by William Davis
The tractor overtook the median and drove straight towards Mr Davis’ car. The driver, later identified as Sowerby, struck the car and continued to drive, completely mowing over the Honda. The tractor then overturned
Tyler Sowerby, 19, (pictured) of Lazonby, near Penrith in Cumbria, admitted careless driving and driving while unfit through drugs
Dramatic images showing extensive damage to the Honda were shown to Carlisle Magistrates’ Court, while video captured the incredible collision.
Carlisle Magistrates’ Court today heard that Mr Davis had been driving along the A1101 at Beck Row in Suffolk, alongside the RAF Mildenhall, on September 24 last year shortly after 12pm.
As Mr Davis did so, Sowerby travelled towards him, towing a trailer which was ‘loaded with grain’ and ‘swerving along the road’, the prosecutor said.
Video shows how the tractor overtook the median and drove straight towards Mr Davis’ car. The driver, later identified as Sowerby, struck the car and continued to drive, completely mowing over the Honda. The tractor then overturned.
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The court was told Mr Davis thought Sowerby would will get back on to his ‘own side’ of the road, but the teen failed to do so.
‘He drives his tractor on top of the car, and the tractor turns over,’ Prosecutor Graeme Tindall told the court.
‘When I show you the photographs you will be amazed there are no serious injuries.’
Analysis gave a positive reading for amphetamine in Sowerby’s system.
Mr Tindall added: ‘He was co-operative with the testing proceedings.’
Defence solicitor Duncan Campbell said Sowerby had ‘lost control’ of the tractor.
‘Thank goodness nobody was injured. I think this young man was taken to hospital, that was precautionary. The Honda driver was uninjured. It was not as serious as it could have been,’ said Mr Campbell.
Sowerby (pictured) had previously admitted a separate drug-driving offence that was committed in February after he was stopped by police. A blood test showed he was over the legal driving limit for cocaine
A detailed probation service pre-sentence report gave details of Sowerby’s ‘very difficult’ background, said Mr Campbell.
And the lawyer told magistrates: ‘There have been difficulties that most people don’t have to deal with. He has had to deal with them. It is to his credit that he has done so.’
Sowerby had previously ‘delved in the drug world’ although Mr Campbell added: ‘Thankfully it is at an end.’
The teen was sentenced by magistrates in relation to both incidents. He received an eight-week prison sentence was suspended for 12 months.
He must complete a rehabilitation requirement by working with the probation service for up to 10 days, 60 hours’ unpaid work and a three-year driving ban.
