The father, who was driving under the influence of alcohol, crashed his BMW into a wall with his children sitting in the back.

A father’s car crashed due to drunk driving BMW In a brick wall While their children were sitting on the back seats of the car.

Shehzad Nawaz, 47, of Broadway, peterboroughCrashed in Park Road, Peterborough at around 7pm on 16 March.

Officers attended, and one woman was taken to hospital with serious, but not life-threatening, injuries, while three children were taken to hospital with minor injuries.

Nawaz drank more than twice the roadside alcohol limit and was arrested.

On Thursday (4 December) Nawaz was sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment, suspended for two years, after previously pleading guilty to dangerous driving and drink-driving.

He was given a 12-month driving ban, with an extended retest, ordered to complete 100 hours of unpaid work and pay £1187 in costs.