A gym-goer on his way to pump iron crashed on a roundabout and slammed into railings a day after puffing on cannabis.
Oskar Blackowiak, 20, smashed his Ford Fiesta at the junction of Churchill Street and the A1058 Coast Road at Wallsend.
He was found in the driver’s seat and his passenger standing in the road by a passing police patrol on Tuesday August 25, a court heard.
Blackowiak, of Hartside Crescent, Moorside, Backworth, claimed the accident happened due to wet road conditions.
But a blood sample also showed he was over the drug-drive limit for cannabis derivative THC.
The welder has now been banned from the roads for 12 months after pleading guilty to drug-driving and careless driving.
Prosecutor Paul Anderson told South Tyneside Magistrates’ Court: “It seems that, quite by chance, police come across the accident.
“The defendant has lost control of his vehicle and careered across a roundabout and into a metal fence.
“The accident had clearly just occurred, the passenger had climbed out and the defendant was in the driver’s seat.
“There was a strong smell of cannabis coming from the vehicle. He gave his name and said how he had come to end up in that situation.
“He initially said that the road was wet and that was the reason the accident had occurred. He had come to the roundabout too fast.”
Blackowiak’s sample showed a level of THC higher than 7mcgs in a litre of blood. The legal limit is 2mcgs.
Karen Minhas, defending, said: “On behalf of Mr…
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A gym-goer on his way to pump iron crashed on a roundabout and slammed into railings a day after puffing on cannabis.
Oskar Blackowiak, 20, smashed his Ford Fiesta at the junction of Churchill Street and the A1058 Coast Road at Wallsend.
He was found in the driver’s seat and his passenger standing in the road by a passing police patrol on Tuesday August 25, a court heard.
Blackowiak, of Hartside Crescent, Moorside, Backworth, claimed the accident happened due to wet road conditions.
But a blood sample also showed he was over the drug-drive limit for cannabis derivative THC.
The welder has now been banned from the roads for 12 months after pleading guilty to drug-driving and careless driving.
Prosecutor Paul Anderson told South Tyneside Magistrates’ Court: “It seems that, quite by chance, police come across the accident.
“The defendant has lost control of his vehicle and careered across a roundabout and into a metal fence.
“The accident had clearly just occurred, the passenger had climbed out and the defendant was in the driver’s seat.
“There was a strong smell of cannabis coming from the vehicle. He gave his name and said how he had come to end up in that situation.
“He initially said that the road was wet and that was the reason the accident had occurred. He had come to the roundabout too fast.”
Blackowiak’s sample showed a level of THC higher than 7mcgs in a litre of blood. The legal limit is 2mcgs.
Karen Minhas, defending, said: “On behalf of Mr…
