Teenage L driver landed in a ditch taking out a fence at Pomeroy, court told
A learner driver whose car landed in a ditch taking out a fence, has lost his licence for a month at Dungannon Magistrates Court.
Conrad Brady, aged 19, from Tandergee Road, Pomeroy, was also fined a total of £250 with a £15 offender's levy for having no insurance, failing to display L plates, driving unaccompanied, and failing to report an accident.
The court heard on June 26 last, police received a report of a single vehicle collision at Pomeroy Road, Dungannon.
Prosecuting counsel said police used the car VIN number to locate the identity of its owner.
Brady told police during interview that another car was coming round a bend in the road and he moved to avoid the vehicle and the verge pulled him in.
A defence solicitor explained the defendant had been travelling to work and could not get a mobile phone signal to report it.
He described it as “an unfortunate mistake” which the defendant will “have to pay heavily for”.