A judge said it was a ‘miracle’ that no-one was killed after a drunk driver went on a 20 mile motorway rampage. James Loveridge, 28, rammed into other cars and drove the wrong way down the M56 before eventually crashing into a fence in Wythenshawe .
Prosecutors told how Loveridge was driving on the M56 on Monday, March 4, when traffic was ‘heavy’. The driver of an AA recovery truck became aware of Loveridge near junction 12. He was previously diagnosed with PTSD having served in Afghanistan, and he suffered a panic attack in the aftermath of the incident. “I have served in Afghanistan and have been in situations that someone of reasonable firmness cannot even imagine, however this was one of the scariest incidents I have ever been involved in,” he later recalled.
A taxi driver then became the latest motorist to be targeted by Loveridge. He had seen the previous incident and tried to avoid Loveridge, but at one point the defendant gesticulated at him and mouthed the words ‘I will kill you’ at him. Shocked motorists had called the police, and a traffic officer tried to stop Loveridge. Instead Loveridge got past and began to drive on the wrong side of the road from junction five, travelling on the hard shoulder, before turning off at junction four at Wythenshawe.
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