A disqualified driver who crashed his parents' car in the most spectacular fashion has been told never to forget his meds or he will kill someone. Louis Loveridge wrote off the Audi he had sold to his parents when he drove it out of their driveway without their consent and crashed it into a parked vehicle a mere half a mile away. The prosecutor told the hearing that the "crash was spectacular" as the Audi ended up on top of the parked vehicle in the driveway at the address, with both vehicles being write-offs.
The damage Loveridge caused to the property and the other vehicle was so extensive that it cost £30,000 to fix the garage alone. Not only that but Loveridge also walked away from the scene and returned to his mum's address before being taken to hospital. The only person injured in the crash, he suffered five broken ribs, a punctured lung and required to have a metal plate fitted in his upper arm.
The crash happened on May 15 last year at a time when Loveridge was already disqualified from driving following a drink-driving conviction. He has two other convictions to his name for similar offences. Loveridge was later arrested and made a full admission.
He pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity to one charge of aggravated vehicle taking, failing to stop after a road accident, using a vehicle without insurance and driving while disqualified. His defence barrister told the court that Loveridge had been in a "dark place at the time" and had driven in that way in order to.