Driver who injured cyclist jailed for 12 months

A woman who knocked over a cyclist with her car while being more than six times over the drug drive limit has been jailed for a year, reported the Mail on Sunday.

Emily Brown, 32, was not wearing her glasses and was found to have cocaine metabolite in her system when her car hit Stuart Crowther from behind during the evening rush hour. He was wearing reflective clothing but no helmet, and was left with serious injuries including a fractured skull.

Brown failed a drug test as well as a standard eye test of reading a registration plate from 20 metres away. She has been banned from driving for four and a half years.