Man on first date admits dangerous driving in Newcastle crash that injured police

Seven officers taken to hospital after Mazyar Azarbonyad, 20, crashed BMW while being pursued by police on A1

A man has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving after seven police officers were injured when he crashed into them while being chased by police.

Mazyar Azarbonyad, 20, was taking a woman home from a date in the early hours of 9 April when he crashed his BMW while it was being pursued by police along the northbound carriageway of the A1, near junction 75 and the Denton Burn roundabout, near Newcastle.