A fleeing driver smashed through roadworks and ran red lights during a high speed police chase through Norwich.
Jack Aldous drove his Vauxhall Corsa van on the wrong side of the road and on a roundabout into on-coming traffic before eventually crashing.
Norwich Magistrates’ Court was told he had been driving his father to a probation appointment when the pursuit began after he failed to stop on Ber Street when officers suspected passengers were not wearing seatbelts.
The 20-year-old, who runs a scrap metal business, refused to stop instead putting his food down and weaving onto the wrong side of the road before running two sets of traffic lights that were at red.
Josephine Jones, prosecuting, said he had continued speeding down Bracondale before ignoring roadwork restrictions by smashing through warning cones that became jammed under his vehicle.
Items including a wrench and a metal bar had been hurled from the car windows, she added.
He had then driven the wrong way around the County Hall roundabout before heading towards Stoke Holy Cross where he crashed on a bend.
Ms Jones said: “The manner of driving puts this in the highest category though no serious injury was caused thankfully.”
Aldous, of Church Road in North Lopham, near Diss, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, failing to stop and having no insurance.
He told police he had bought the van two days before the incident on June 18 and that he believed his driving had been “low risk”.
Magistrates adjourned his sentencing until July 30 but imposed an interim driving ban.
Julie Adams, mitigating, said: “He had applied for insurance but he should not have been driving as he did not have it. He thought he would lose his licence hence why he panicked and failed to stop.
“He accepts he should not have driven like he did.”
