Man banned from driving after his CAR called 999 to report him

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.”

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When police arrived they found paramedics and the fire service on scene, with McShane. She said: “He identified himself to be the driver of the vehicle. The officer noticed the smell of alcohol and that the defendant was mumbling and therefore asked him to provide a sample of breath.”

McShane was taken to hospital and fell asleep while being seen by medics.

Michael Henderson, mitigating for McShane said the gas engineer was a senior manager for a heating company which serves large organisations. He said McShane had not been intending to get drunk that evening.

He said: “He went to work on Monday morning, he worked throughout the day, it’s the old story of nothing to eat, very little to drink, and the plan of action was to go into town, have a meal, watch the game on television and go home. He drove into town in a company Mercedes vehicle, he wasn’t concerned when he parked because he was going to drive it home...

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