Drug driver who killed grandad lost his own dad in same way

History repeats itself for motorist who took to wheel after cocaine bender

- AMY WALKER

A GRANDAD was mowed down by a drug driver who was over six times the limit.

Czeslaw Rozal, 61, was crossing Bridge Street in Heywood, Rochdale, when David Pakes ploughed into him in his Vauxhall Astra. Pakes was driving over the speed limit of 30mph, causing Mr Rozal to be thrown into the air, Minshull Street Crown Court heard.

He suffered catastrophic head and pelvic injuries and died the following day. Pakes, 44, was arrested at the scene, giving a positive saliva reading for cocaine.

He later admitted that he had been out socialising with friends days before the collision, during which he drank and took drugs. In a statement read to the court, Mr Rozal’s son, who was not named in open court, said: