Overview
- The A43 collision at Hulcote, which happened at 8:35am on January 10, sent a military Land Rover and its trailer rolling after it swerved to avoid an Audi Q2 cutting in to take an exit.
- The 36-year-old driver was thrown from the vehicle and taken to University Hospital Coventry with a suspected fractured back, and his 31-year-old passenger suffered a significant head injury and was taken to Northampton General Hospital.
- Crenguta Aruxandei, 44, pleaded guilty to two counts of causing serious injury by careless driving and was sentenced earlier this month at Northampton Crown Court to a six-month prison term suspended for 18 months, a 12-month driving ban, an extended retest, and a £154 victim surcharge.
- She had first indicated she would go to trial but changed her plea to guilty before a jury was sworn.
- Northamptonshire Police published the footage and called the crash completely avoidable, using the case to highlight efforts by the Safer Roads Alliance to curb dangerous driving on the busy A43 used by civilian and military traffic.