Cork man who crashed twice and fled gardaí told to prove he is 'law abiding'

Gardaí observed the male driver and the female passenger get out of the crashed car and jump over a ditch into a field. File image. 

A man who sped away from gardaí, crashed his car twice and then fled on foot over a ditch has avoided jail after a judge said he wanted to give him a chance to prove he was a law-abiding citizen.

Dylan O'Driscoll (21) of 84 Tawnies Crescent, Clonakilty, pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated, while uninsured, while disqualified and driving dangerously last August on the coastal road between Courtmacsherry and Timoleague in West Cork.