A man has been banned from driving after his company car dialled 999 to inform emergency services after he crashed - paramedics found he had been drinking. Alan McShane, 37, was found to be over the drink-drive limit as he drove home after a night out.
McShane admitted driving with a blood-alcohol level more than three times the legal limit, ChronicleLive reports. He had been driving a Mercedes EQC company car when he crashed, Newcastle Magistrates' court heard.
Prosecutor Sarah Malkinson said: “On the morning of Tuesday, May 17, officers were asked to attend the scene of a one-vehicle collision on the off-slip of the Central Motorway. A vehicle had collided with the surrounding street furniture.”
