A TREGADILLETT man was disqualified from driving for 16 months at Bodmin Magistrates' Court on Friday, June 26 after pleading guilty to driving with excess alcohol.
Twenty-year-old Mark Sanders was also ordered to pay costs totaling £500.
The case followed a fatal road traffic collision which occurred at 4.55am on Sunday, December 21, 2008 on the east-bound carriageway of the A30 Launceston bypass. Pedestrian Aidan McCabe, aged 18, was walking in the road when he was struck by a Ford Focus car being driven by Mark Sanders who was also injured. Aidan died of his injuries at the scene.
Aidan's family said: "You cannot begin to imagine how the accident on December 21, 2008 has impacted on our remaining family's lives.
"It has torn Aidan's younger brother Josh's world apart and witnessing his pain has been, at times, almost impossible to bear.
"Our family has a large empty void which will never be filled and is with us every minute of every day.
"Aidan will be missed forever."
This incident occurred during the period of the national Christmas anti-drink drive campaign when police had warned about the dangers of drink driving particularly the 'morning after'. Police said Mark Sanders was on his way to start an early shift at a local factory having had only a few hours' sleep following a drinking session in local pubs.
Senior Investigating Officer, Traffic Sergeant Paul Caboche said: "This brings home the danger to other road users caused by drivers who risk driving the morning after the night before. This incident has had a devastating effect on both families and has cost one young man his life, our thoughts are with Aidan's family at this time."
The Cornwall Coroner has yet to set a date for the inquest into the death of Aidan.
A national summer anti-drink drive campaign is currently in force. Bodmin Traffic Inspector Martin Taylor said: "There is a very real problem that drivers do not understand how long alcohol remains in the body, a few hours sleep after a drinking session will not make you fit to drive. The current police campaign includes early morning checks so drivers are warned that if they take the risk they will be caught."