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This is the shocking moment a drunk driver sipped from a gin glass before he smashed into a lamppost and seriously injured his girlfriend.

Dane Wood was travelling at around 90mph in Sunderland on the way to collect a takeaway with the woman when he crashed after going through a red light.

Newcastle Crown Court heard that his partner suffered a badly broken ankle and witnesses at the time thought she had been killed.

Footage taken inside the car shows the 28-year-old appear to drink liquid from a blue gin glass as he was driving.

Wood was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment, suspended for 18 months and a two-year driving ban.

He must also complete 120 hours of unpaid work and pay a £600 fine.

Prosecutor Graham O’Sullivan said: 'The defendant drove his car with one passenger, his partner, at excessive speed.

'It’s clear he doesn’t slow down as he approaches the traffic light. He goes straight over that junction on the roundabout and crashes immediately with a lamppost.

'This caused extensive damage to the car. The collision caused an injury to his partner. People thought she was dead.