A drink driver who injured an officer and two others when she crashed into a parked police van has been jailed

%%UKNIP_TAG_0%% %%UKNIP_TAG_1%% %%UKNIP_TAG_2%% %%UKNIP_TAG_3%%Karolina Serafin, 25, pinned the three victims to the vehicle when she smashed her car into it outside the Black Horse pub in Westgate, Wakefield, in July.%%UKNIP_TAG_4%% %%UKNIP_TAG_5%%%%UKNIP_TAG_6%% %%UKNIP_TAG_7%% %%UKNIP_TAG_8%%One victim lost her lower left leg in the crash and another had to have part of his leg amputated.%%UKNIP_TAG_9%% %%UKNIP_TAG_10%%%%UKNIP_TAG_11%% %%UKNIP_TAG_12%% %%UKNIP_TAG_13%%Serafin, from Worksop, admitted causing serious injury by dangerous driving and sentenced to more than three years.%%UKNIP_TAG_14%% %%UKNIP_TAG_15%%%%UKNIP_TAG_16%% %%UKNIP_TAG_17%% %%UKNIP_TAG_18%%Leeds Crown Court heard the police officer had been dealing with a call outside the pub when Serafin’s car mounted the pavement and ploughed into the group at about 01:25 BST.%%UKNIP_TAG_19%% %%UKNIP_TAG_20%%%%UKNIP_TAG_21%% %%UKNIP_TAG_22%% %%UKNIP_TAG_23%%She was later found to be twice the legal drink-drive limit.%%UKNIP_TAG_24%% %%UKNIP_TAG_25%%%%UKNIP_TAG_26%% %%UKNIP_TAG_27%% %%UKNIP_TAG_28%%The court heard all three victims had suffered “life-changing injuries.%%UKNIP_TAG_29%% %%UKNIP_TAG_30%%%%UKNIP_TAG_31%% %%UKNIP_TAG_32%% %%UKNIP_TAG_33%%A 30-year-old man suffered multiple injuries to his head, arm and leg, and had to have the lower part of his left leg removed at the knee.%%UKNIP_TAG_34%% %%UKNIP_TAG_35%%%%UKNIP_TAG_36%% %%UKNIP_TAG_37%% %%UKNIP_TAG_38%%A mother-of-two who lost her lower left leg in the crash remains “substantially disabled and cannot care for her children“, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said.%%UKNIP_TAG_39%% %%UKNIP_TAG_40%%%%UKNIP_TAG_41%% %%UKNIP_TAG_42%% %%UKNIP_TAG_43%%The police officer was in hospital for a month with knee and right leg fractures.%%UKNIP_TAG_44%% %%UKNIP_TAG_45%%%%UKNIP_TAG_46%% %%UKNIP_TAG_47%% %%UKNIP_TAG_48%%Daniel Lee, from the CPS, said: “Due to Serafin’s unbelievably reckless behaviour, the lives of three people will be forever changed.%%UKNIP_TAG_49%% %%UKNIP_TAG_50%%%%UKNIP_TAG_51%% %%UKNIP_TAG_52%% %%UKNIP_TAG_53%%Serafin was jailed for three years and eight months and banned from driving for seven years and ten months.%%UKNIP_TAG_54%% %%UKNIP_TAG_55%%%%UKNIP_TAG_56%%