A TEENAGE drink-driver thought he had killed his friend in a stolen car crash which also left a mother-to-be and her family injured.

Passenger Niall Scott had to be airlifted to hospital after Jason Simmons ploughed into the Renault Megane at the end of a terror ride on the A1 between Scotch Dishforth and Scotch Corner in March.

The Megane driver, his pregnant wife and their three-year-old son were all hurt when their car was forced into a field at side of the A1.

Simmons was not badly hurt, but Scott appeared to be motionless as he lay in the field, covered in blood, with serious facial injuries.

When police got to the scene, 18-year-old Simmons was wandering around with his shirt off, shouting: "Why did I do it, just lock me up."

The learner driver screamed at officers: "I'm f*****, I'm f***** . . . I've killed my mate . . . just lock me up . . . what the f*** have I done."

When he was beathalysed, Simmons - who had taken his mother's Fiat Punto without consent - was twice the legal alcohol limit.

Seven months earlier, the teenager and Scott were also involved in drunken violence in their home village of Bedale, North Yorkshire.

The friends were among a group of up to ten youths who had gathered in a park and drank whisky to celebrate Scott's 17th birthday.

Teesside Crown Court heard that a 40th birthday party was being staged in the nearby Bedale Hall where a hog-roast had been laid on.

After guests had eaten outside and returned to the hall, Scott and Simmons tried to carry off the remains of the roast but dropped it.

Party organiser David Bowes remonstrated with the youths because the food had been wasted - and was attacked by the two friends.

A judge branded the behaviour "characteristically yobbish, lawless, anti-authoritarian" and "systemic of the attitude of so many young people".

Judge John Walford added: "It is the sort of behaviour that unnerves so many people, particularly elderly people, in this country."

The pair admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm and criminal damage to the hog-roast remains, which were worth £150.

Simmons also pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicle taking, driving with excess alcohol and driving without insurance or a licence.

After considering the case, Judge Walford adjourned sentencing and told the pair he will deal with them on Thursday.

Simmons, of Masham Road, wrote a letter to the judge apologising to everyone he has hurt during his tearaway past, and vowed to change.

Stephen Thornton, for Scott, 18, of Fitzalan Road, said he had matured since the violence last August and is fed-up of getting into trouble.

The crash happened after several near-misses as Scott weaved in and out of traffic on the A1 between Dishforth and Scotch Corner on March 19.