Shock moment drunk Fiat 500 driver smashes into car and flips over during dangerous overtake on quiet residential street
The black car dramatically flips on its side after colliding with two vehicles on either side of the road in Port Talbot, south Wales.
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The Fiat was attempting a dangerous overtake on the Ford
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It made contact with the silver car before smashing into the white Skoda
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It ended up on its side before flipping back upright and zooming off
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The driver was left sandwiched between the cars after attempting to overtake near speed bumps.
It stops momentarily before flipping back upright and zooming off down the road.
The impact forces a silver Ford heading in the same direction onto the pavement, where it "miraculously" avoids hitting a child.
It also caused the vehicle to smash head-on into a garden wall.
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A taxi driver, who was travelling in a white Skoda towards the Fiat 500, later attended hospital for the injuries he sustained during the crash.
Local residents can be seen filming the drunk driver before he speeds off from the scene.
Driver Danail Angelov was jailed for 14 months after the
horror
smash.
The 20-year-old, from Swansea, pleaded guilty to a number of driving offences including drink driving.
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Danail Angelov pleaded guilty to multiple driving offences
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Residents filmed the drink driver as he sped off down the road
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A trail of broken glass could be seen after the smash
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Angelov was jailed for 14 months
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He pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, aggravated vehicle-taking, failing to stop after a road accident, drink driving and driving without a license.
Sgt Robert Richards of South Wales Police blasted the youngster for his "dangerous actions".
He fumed: 'Danail Angelov could have injured a number of people with his reckless and dangerous actions.
"The taxi driver, who was just going about his daily
business
, had to attend hospital to be inspected for whiplash and concussion.
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'There was also a child pedestrian walking on the pavement at the time of the collision, and it is a miracle that one of the three vehicles didn't end up striking them and causing them serious injury.
'The fact that he then drove off from the scene is a sad indictment of his character.
'It is only right that he goes to prison.'
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