Harrowing footage has shown the moment that a banned driver got behind the wheel of a car and knocked over two pensioners outside of a pub.
Nicholas Adams, 57, was jailed for three years after he reversed into the elderly sisters, aged 76 and 82, as they walked arm-in-arm towards the Dovecote pub in West Bromwich, West Midlands. In the clip, Adams is seen inside the Vauxhall Insignia before it suddenly shoot backwards, into the ladies by the car park.
They become trapped under the car and endured life-threatening injuries during the crash on October 15 last year. The incident came just three days after the 57-year-old was convicted of drink driving and was issued a one-year ban. He defied orders and got back into the seat of the vehicle, which led to his arrest.
Wolverhampton Crown Court heard that he was charged with two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving. He was later jailed for three years and 11 months on Thursday, and has also been banned from driving for two years. It was found that Adams was originally a passenger in the car with two friends who parked outside the pub at 12.30pm. But after a minor collision in the car park, Adams decided to get into the driver’s seat of the Vauxhall so he could move it.
Nicholas Adams reversed into two women whilst he was on a driving ban (BPM Media)Footage shows he didn’t close the door and his leg was dangling outside the car when it jolted backwards. The court heard the two sisters, who have not been named, suffered horrific injuries. One of the women spent six weeks in hospital with multiple serious fractures to her body, whilst the other spent 10 weeks in hospital.
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Dramatic bodycam footage from PC Glenn Brabham shows emergency teams desperately trying to free the women from under the car. In chaotic scenes, PC Brabham was forced to ask one ghoulish eyewitness to stop filming the scene on his mobile phone. He tells the man: “Can I just ask you, they might be dying underneath there so can you not film or anything like that. Thanks.”
PC Brabham was also filmed co-ordinating the delicate rescue and helped lift the car off the women as they lay crushed. In a statement, one of the women said: “My sister and I cannot thank enough the professionals who helped us both on that day and during our long road to recovery.
“We would like to thank all the emergency services who came to our rescue on that day. Especially PC Glen Brabham, who play played an important part in getting us from under the car. Also, many thanks to the doctors and staff at the QE hospital, Birmingham. Without your help it could have been a different story.”
PC Brabham was named the overall winner of the West Midlands Police Federation Bravery Awards and is in line for a National Police Bravery Award next month. He said: “I’d like to extend my best wishes to both ladies for their continued recovery and it makes me happy to hear how well they’ve done so far. It’s a privilege to do my job and I’m proud of what my colleagues and the other emergency services do every day.”
PC John Williams from West Midlands Police Traffic Investigations Unit, said: “Firearm officers happened to be nearby to the pub and PC Brabham didn’t even think twice about getting underneath the car to help the two women. He selflessly prioritised the safety of the women over his own and his actions saved their lives. Adams is rightfully behind bars after not only showing total disregard for his driving disqualification but also for seriously injuring two innocent women who were going about their daily lives.”
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