A motorist has been jailed for three years and banned from driving for another two after being convicted of killing a pedestrian when he drove onto a pavement while drunk. The incident happened in Balluta just before 5am on July 6, 2018. Michael Caruana Turner, 24, was found guilty of having killed Dutchman Tim Scholten, 19, and injured seven other people through reckless driving while drunk. Scholten had succumbed to his injuries two days after the accident. The other injured persons included a 25-year-old Englishman who was seriously injured, three Dutch men and another Briton. All were aged between 19 and 25. The court had heard how Turner, 20, a fitness coach from Birkirkara, had fled the scene and was running towards San Ġwann when he was stopped by the police. An officer from the St Julian’s police station described the scene of total devastation which he found upon reaching the incident site. Injured victims lay on both sides of the car and on the street when the vehicle had crashed headlong into a lamppost, sending its concrete base over the railing onto the seaward side. Prosecuting senior inspector Trevor Micallef later testified the motorist after his arrest was...