Moment drink driving mother flips her Suzuki SUV during morning rush hour - while two of her children and a dog are in the back
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This is the shocking moment a drink driving mother more than three times the legal limit flipped her car with two children and a dog in the back. Gemma Trevair was behind the wheel of the Suzuki S-Cross during rush hour when she crashed into the front of a shop on Front Street, Wingate, County Durham, and flipped the car on to its side.
![[She crashed the car into the front of a shop on Front Street, Wingate, County Durham, and flipped it unto its side]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/09/93305587-0-image-a-2_1734599049476.jpg)
Miraculously, the two children and the dog were left unscathed following the collision on November 1 around 9am. Police rushed to the scene and was arrested the 41-year-old at the scene and following a breath test in custody she was found to have 105mg of alcohol in 100ml of breath – more than three times the legal limit of 35mg.
![[Miraculously, the two children and the dog were left unscathed following the collision on November 1 around 9am]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/09/93305589-0-image-a-3_1734599065544.jpg)
Trevail, of Wingate, was charged with driving while under the influence of alcohol, two counts of child neglect, driving while otherwise than in accordance with a licence, driving without insurance and criminal damage. On Saturday, she appeared at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates' Court where she admitted to these offences and was banned from driving for two years.
![[Trevail appeared at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates' Court where she admitted to driving while under the influence of alcohol, two counts of child neglect, driving while otherwise than in accordance with a licence, driving without insurance and criminal damage]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/09/93305583-0-image-a-4_1734599084302.jpg)
She was also handed an 18-month community order with a requirement to take part in alcohol treatment. Inspector Andy Howarth, from Durham Roads and Armed Policing Unit, said: 'Trevail's actions that day were incomprehensible. Gemma Trevair was behind the wheel of the Suzuki S-Cross during rush hour when she crashed it.
