A personal trainer who caused a “catastrophic collision” which led to “regional traffic chaos” when he failed to stop for police while on a first date has been sentenced to 14 months’ detention.
Mazyar Azarbonyad, 20, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving following the crash, which wrecked five police cars and left seven officers needing hospital treatment, on the A1 west of Newcastle upon Tyne in the early hours of April 9.
