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Mason James Cowgill also took both hands off the wheel and rolled cigarettes as he sped along the A65 in North Yorkshire. Horrifying footage was captured of him on June 7 last year when he crashed into one car and nearly caused another crash.
Cowgill and the car driver exchanged details but he left before police arrived.
The car was damaged in the collision but thankfully nobody was injured.
Cowgill later told his boss about the crash – who decided to look at the truck’s in-cab camera.
After reviewing it he was sacked before it was passed on to police who promptly arrested and charged the 27-year-old.
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“The manner in which he drove demonstrated a clear danger to other road users and I’m amazed he did not cause any more collisions.
“This was not a momentary lapse in concentration, this is a sustained period in which Cowgill paid very little or no attention at all to the road and was clearly not in control of the van he was driving.
“I thank the owner of the van for bringing this footage to our attention as it has enabled us to take a very dangerous driver off the road”.
In total he drove along the A65 near Ingleton for miles while he guzzled Bollinger’s Champagne and used his mobile phone.
During the footage he often did not have his hands on the steering wheel.
The crash happened in traffic close to the junction of the A65 and the B6255/Tatterhorn Lane.
