Overview
- Mold Crown Court convicted James Price of causing serious injury by dangerous driving over the December 9, 2020 collision in Prestatyn.
- He cut a corner on the wrong side of the road, struck pedestrian Paul Astbury, carried him on the bonnet, then braked and threw him several metres.
- Price ignored two pleas to call 999, dragged the injured man further into the road, and fled the scene.
- Astbury suffered a shattered thigh needing a metal plate and 12 screws, spent 15 days in hospital, and continues to endure lasting mobility and financial impacts.
- Alongside the prison term, Price was banned from driving for four and a half years with an extended retest required; police traced him about a year later, and prosecutors said he tried to conceal car damage and promote a false account.