A TEENAGER has been banned from the roads after crashing an Audi at a roundabout.

Oliver Foster then failed to stop at the scene of the collision, which caused damage to signage and landscaping.

The police helicopter was deployed following the incident and the 19-year-old was later charged with failing to stop after an accident, driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence and using a vehicle without third party insurance.

He was sentenced recently at Warrington Magistrates’ Court where he was handed rehabilitation work.

The court heard from prosecutor Craig Welsby how the incident that led to the court appearance occurred on Friday, November 17 last year.

At 8.47am, Cheshire Police was called to reports of a collision on Hilden Island in Padgate, the roundabout junction where Hilden Road meets Orford Road and Orford Green.

The caller reported that a white Audi had collided with the roundabout and the driver had fled the scene on foot.

Damage caused included a bent sign post and clear track marks imprinted on grass on the roundabout island.

The aftermath of the crash at Hilden Island in Padgate

The aftermath of the crash at Hilden Island in Padgate

Officers attended, supported by the police helicopter, and a search of the area led to a suspect being located on Mawgan Court.

The 19-year-old was checked by paramedics and arrested.

Through his guilty pleas, Foster admitted that he failed to stop, having been the driver of an Audi A5, following an accident.

He also admitted driving the care otherwise than in accordance with a licence authorising him to drive a vehicle of that class and driving without third party insurance being in place.

Magistrates deemed the offending serious enough to merit a community penalty and sentenced Foster, of Dorset Way in Woolston, to a 12-month community order.

This includes an alcohol abstinence and monitoring requirement, where he must abstain from consuming any alcohol for 45 days, and 10 rehabilitation activity requirement days.

In addition, he was handed a disqualification from driving for six months.

Magistrates also told him he must pay costs to the Crown Prosecution Service of £85 and a statutory surcharge of £114, with an application made and approved for the funds to be deducted from his benefits.