A teenage Blackpool driver tried to kill himself by deliberately crashing into a parked car after he had been drinking.



Ryan Savage later told police he was shocked after the car flipped and he had not died.

Savage, aged 19, of Russell Gate, Fleetwood, pleaded guilty to driving with excess alcohol.

He was banned from the road for 14 months and fined £120 with £85 costs plus £30 victims' surcharge by Blackpool magistrates.

Presiding magistrate, Craig Lavender, told him: "It's a sad case. Hopefully you will find success in the treatment you are having. Nevertheless this is a serious incident and other people could have been involved."

Prosecutor, Pam Smith, said on April 10 police were called to an accident on Fleetwood Road North, Thornton Cleveleys, where Savage's Seat Leon had collided with a parked car. Savage's jacket was found abandoned nearby.

Savage was apprehended and told police he had been in a low mood and wanted to end his life. He had drunk three bottles of WKD and vodka and orange then intentionally driven into a parked car.

He added he was shocked when he had not died and had run off. A blood test showed 133 milligrams of alcohol in his body - 80 is the limit.

David Charnley, defending, said his client, who had no previous convictions, had previously been sectioned under the Mental Health Act.

Mr Charnley added: "He now paying a therapist £50 to work with him while waiting for help on the NHS which you will be aware will take some time.

"He gives the impression of a decent and honest young man. He has everything to live for and everything before him and with the right help he will see that."