{"id":423385,"date":"2026-04-29T12:15:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T12:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/423385\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T12:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T12:15:07","slug":"miracle-escape-after-driver-eight-times-over-limit-crashes-in-churchill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/423385\/","title":{"rendered":"Miracle escape after driver EIGHT times over limit crashes in Churchill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A novice driver was found to be a staggering 8.5 times over the legal drink-driving limit after a crash near Churchill in the early hours of this morning.<\/p>\n<p>Incredibly, both the driver and their passenger walked away without injury after the collision.<\/p>\n<p>The motorist was arrested by Letterkenny Roads Policing Unit on suspicion of drink driving.<\/p>\n<p>They were then charged and are now due to appear before the courts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Amazingly and very thankfully neither they nor their passenger sustained injuries,&#8221; said a garda spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>The shocking incident comes ahead of the Bank Holiday weekend, with garda\u00ed preparing to carry out high visibility patrols, speed checks and checkpoints across Donegal.<\/p>\n<p>Garda\u00ed have urged all road users to act responsibly &#8211;\u00a0slow down, stay within the speed limit, never drive under the influence, wear seatbelts and put mobile phones away while driving.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson: &#8220;Our priority is to keep people safe so please make responsible decisions this weekend and always in relation to road safety. Help save lives by driving in a safe and a responsible manner.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A novice driver was found to be a staggering 8.5 times over the legal drink-driving limit after a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423386,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-423385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}