Drink driving doctor caused head-on smash

A DRINK-DRIVING doctor left a taxi driver seriously injured after causing a head-on collision while on the wrong side of the road.

- ROB KENNEDY

Nayer Youakim, a registrar who is training to be a consultant, was double the alcohol limit when he drove onto the wrong side of Beach Road, North Shields, and smashed into a taxi.

After causing the crash just before midnight on November 24 2024, Youakim was asked by police if he had been drinking and he replied: “Not too much, two pints”.

Tests at the roadside and in custody showed Youakim, who performs operations, had 72 micrograms per 100 millilitres of breath, with the limit being 35 micrograms.

Prosecutor Lucy Todd said the cabbie had just dropped off a fare before heading home and added: “He became dazed by headlights coming towards him before being crashed into.”

The court heard the taxi spun into the opposite side of the road and Youakim’s vehicle ended up on the pavement.