Geraldton woman Pekieda Anne Dickerson disqualified from driving after crashing two cars in five minutes

A Geraldton woman who was four times the legal blood-alcohol limit when she crashed two cars within five minutes last year has been disqualified from driving for six years. Pekieda Anne Dickerson reappeared in Geraldton Magistrate’s Court on Thursday for sentencing, telling the magistrate she “wanted to get this over with”. The court was told on May 2 last year she was driving a Holden Commodore just after 10pm on Strickland Street, Spalding, when she lost control and crashed into a pole. A witness to the crash stopped to see if she was OK, with the 37-year-old throwing her personal items into the car and asking to be taken to a nearby address. The man complied and a few minutes later she grabbed the steering wheel, causing the white Holden utility to mount the kerb and plough into a tree — causing “significant damage”. At a previous court appearance, Dickerson seemed to blame the good Samaritan for the crash, saying he shouldn’t have listened to her and instead called emergency services. “I’d just been in a crash, I was in shock,” she said. “He should have rung the hospital.” Dickerson was convicted of two counts of driving a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, two counts of failing to report an accident, failing to stop after an accident, reckless driving, and failing to give details to police, after pleading guilty in October. Prosecutor Sgt Troy Gildersleeve said the “nasty crash” was a result of Dickerson’s actions and argued imprisonment was a possibility. Defence lawyer Karen Ward said fines were appropriate. Dickerson was sentenced to an eight-month community-based order, ordered to pay a fine of $800, court costs of $225.90 and disqualified from driving for 72 months.