KILDARE: Woman whose car rolled a few times after leaving road 'lucky to be alive'
A woman whose car left the road and went through a ditch and “rolled over a few times” appeared at Naas District Court.
Sarah Boanca, 20, whose address was given as 9 Ferns Way, Ferns Bridge, Monasterevin, was before the court on an allegation of dangerous driving at Kildangan, Kildare, on March 20, 2022.
Sgt Brian Jacob told the court previously that the car travelled a distance of about 700 metres and rolled over a few times.
Barrister Aisling Murphy said the 20 year old French and business student works part time and there were no injuries as a result of the accident.
Ms Murphy said there was a suggestion that the car had skidded on the defendant.
Ms Murphy further said that other people notified the emergency services after the accident and added “in fairness she avoided a more serious accident.”.
Judge Desmond Zaidan rejected a plea to reduce the charge to careless driving and said that the gods were looking down on the defendant.
“You're lucky you're alive or the car didn’t go on fire. It’s a miracle you didn’t get life changing injuries,” said the judge.