Bayview Pl, Bayview: Drunk cabbie takes passenger on wild ride through northern beaches’ front yards

A drunk cabbie, who’d knocked back a few Coronas on a Sunday afternoon, ended up taking a passenger on a wild ride through three front yards. See what happened in court

A taxi that crashed through three front gardens in Bayview Cl, Bayview, on March 10, 2024, after a driver, Harpeet Singh Sandhu, 26, of Dee Why, who blew 0.169, lost control of the vehicle after drinking with friends. Picture: 9News

A young off-duty cabbie downed a few beers with his mates before getting behind the wheel of his taxi and smashing through the front gardens of three northern beaches’ homes.

One of the drunk driver’s friends was in the front passenger seat of the Manly Cabs “executive” taxi when it left the road at the corner Bayview Pl and Kamilaroi Rd on Sunday, March 10.

Manly Local Court heard on Wednesday that with Harpeet Singh Sandhu, 26, of Dee Why, at the controls, the cab speared off the road at about 55km/h before it “careened” across the front yard — tearing up the lawn — at 23 Bayview Pl at about 5.50pm.

The Toyota Camry then continued on its path of destruction, slicing through the shrubbery in the front garden of number 21.

A taxi that crashed through three front gardens in Bayview Cl, Bayview, on March 10, after leaving the road at 55km/h. Picture: 9News

It finally came to rest after it smashed through the wooden fence and plants dividing the gardens of numbers 21 and 19.

No one was injured.

Sandhu, who was not in court on Wednesday, pleaded guilty, through a solicitor, to one count of high range drink driving.

The court heard that he blew 0.169 a Mona Vale police station — three times’ the legal limit.

In a facts sheet tendered to court police stated that Sandhu told officers he had been drinking at a friend's home that afternoon and was driving a mate home when the incident occurred.

Sandhu said he had downed three bottles of Corona beer between 4pm and 4.30pm.

The homes in Bayview Pl, Bayview, where the taxi ploughed through the front gardens. Picture: Google Maps

Police stated that he was driving at 55km/h when he tried to take the bend leading from Kamilaroi Rd into Bayview Pl.

Residents called the police. When they arrived, they said they found Sandhu with “watery, bloodshot eyes” and smelling of alcohol.

His solicitor asked for an adjournment before Sandhu was sentenced, so she could present a report from a psychologist to the court.

Sandhu will be sentenced in Manly court on May 8.