A MAN who smashed into a car then crashed head-on into a tractor left a late-night trail of injury and damage.

Burnley magistrates heard how security guard Raheel Mohammed, 26, was overtaking on Padiham by-pass when he hit the car, causing it to almost roll over.

Both the driver and his wife and the tractor driver were hurt. The defendant himself was trapped by his legs and feet and had to be cut from the wreckage of his vehicle by the fire brigade.

Mohammed was later found to be almost twice the drink-drive limit.

The defendant, of Pendle Street, Nelson, admitted driving without due care and attention and driving with excess alcohol, last July 24. He was banned for 16 months, fined £380 and told to pay £75 costs.

Elizabeth Read, prosecuting, said a motorist had picked up his wife from work in Barrowford and was going to pass the tractor when the side of his Honda Civic was hit.

His vehicle was knocked towards the footpath and his car rode up onto the crash barrier and almost rolled over.

The victim went to a white Toyota in the middle of the road and asked the defendant, who was at the wheel and trying to get out, if he was all right. Mohammed was aggressive, swore and replied: "Do I look all right?"

The driver of the tractor, which was towing a bailer, lost control of his vehicle as Mohammed smashed into him and ended up in a hedge.

Mrs Read said the Honda Civic driver and his wife were both taken to hospital by ambulance. Two pieces of glass were removed from the driver's eye and his wife suffered whiplash injuries. The tractor driver received lower back injuries.

The prosecutor said when the defendant was finally cut free, he was taken to hospital and police had noticed his breath smelled of drink.

Mark Williams, defending, said Mohammed had been out that evening to see friends and had had a drink. He added the person who had been at risk of suffering potential fatal injuries was the defendant as he had hit a large vehicle head on and was fortunate to get out of it with relatively minor problems.