Drink driver banned over Clacton crash that injured boy, 4
A man has been sentenced to a 12-month community order after a crash in Essex that left a four-year-old boy fighting for life in hospital.
Noby Abraham, 30, of Aylesbury Drive, Holland-on-Sea, collided with a BMW X5 while driving a Ford Fiesta in Clacton on 25 November.
He was also banned from driving for 28 months at Colchester Magistrates' Court after admitting a drink driving charge.
The boy, a passenger in the Fiesta, has now recovered, police said.
A police spokeswoman said: "A four-year-old boy in the Fiesta suffered life-threatening injuries.
"He was treated at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital and Colchester General Hospital but has now recovered and is back at home."
A 28-year-old woman, who was driving the BMW, was treated in hospital for minor injuries.
The hearing, on Tuesday, was told a police breath test found Abraham had 111 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35.