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TRAPPED after flipping his car while drunk driving, a man opened another beer as he waited to be rescued.
Paul Nigel Sneddon, 47, pleaded guilty to careless driving and drunken driving in a district court in the North Island city of Palmerston North, the Dominion Post newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Sneddon failed to take a corner on June 1, crashed through a wooden barrier, and flipped his car onto its roof.
The newspaper quoted defence lawyer Peter Young as telling the court when Sneddon found he could not open the doors, ``he had nothing else to do at that point, so he had another beer''.
Paul Nigel Sneddon, 47, pleaded guilty to careless driving and drunken driving in a district court in the North Island city of Palmerston North, the Dominion Post newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Sneddon failed to take a corner on June 1, crashed through a wooden barrier, and flipped his car onto its roof.
The newspaper quoted defence lawyer Peter Young as telling the court when Sneddon found he could not open the doors, ``he had nothing else to do at that point, so he had another beer''.
Trapped drunk driver cracks another beer
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Trapped after flipping his car while drunk driving, a New Zealand man opened another beer as he waited to be rescued. Paul Nigel Sneddon, 47, pleaded guilty to carele…
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