A drink-driver flipped his car on a dual carriageway in busy morning traffic before making off on foot.
Ethan Bell injured himself and his passenger when he crashed his Vauxhall Corsa on the A189, near Blyth, shortly before 10 in the morning. But, rather than stay with the vehicle, the 20-year-old fled on foot, leaving passers-by to phone the police, a court heard.
Officers attended and managed to locate Bell nearby and he was arrested after failing a roadside breath test. He later gave a reading of 99mcg of alcohol in 100ml of breath when the legal limit is just 35mcg.
