A 37-year-old truck driver has been banned from the roads for two years after he admitted injuring a man by driving carelessly.

Appearing in Magistrates’ Court yesterday, Orande Nesbitt of Hamilton Parish pleaded guilty to causing Norman Smith grievous bodily harm by driving without due care and attention in Devonshire on November 2 last year.

The court heard that Mr Smith suffered ankle injuries after Nesbitt’s car collided with his motorcycle at the junction of Middle Road and Tee Street.

Nesbitt apologised to Mr Smith and the courts, adding that he really had not seen Mr Smith on Middle Road.

Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo disqualified Nesbitt from driving all vehicles for two years and fined him $1,500.

Meanwhile, three men were taken off the roads for at least a year after they admitted to driving over the legal blood-alcohol limit or failing to provide a breath sample.

Appearing in court yesterday, 18-year old Q’Shun Darrell of Devonshire pleaded guilty to driving on Middle Road, Devonshire, while over the legal blood-alcohol limit on December 2 last year.

The court heard that Darrell went to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital the day after he was involved in an accident that saw his motorcycle land in a ditch near the junction of Middle Road and Store Hill.

Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Cindy Clarke told the court that Darrell left the scene but visited the hospital the next day to have his injuries assessed.

Ms Clarke added that hospital staff smelled alcohol on Darrell’s breath and that he consented to give a blood sample that showed that he had 119mg of alcohol in a 100ml of blood. The legal limit is 80mg.

Darrell was also charged with driving while his ability to do so was impaired by alcohol, but the Crown accepted his guilty plea on count two and offered no evidence on count one.

Mr Tokunbo fined Darrell $1,200 and disqualified him from driving all vehicles for 18 months.

In a separate matter, 51-year-old Emanuel Pacheco of Paget also pleaded guilty to driving while over the legal blood-alcohol limit.

The court heard that Pacheco was stopped by police on South Road in Paget on April 24 and that the officers could smell alcohol on his breath.

When they asked him if he had been drinking he replied: “I had a few beers.”

Ms Clarke added that he had 201mg of alcohol in 100ml of blood — more than two-and-a-half times the legal limit.

Pacheco was also charged with driving while impaired by alcohol, but the Crown accepted his guilty plea on count two and offered no evidence on count one.

Mr Tokunbo fined Pacheco $1,200 and banned him from driving all vehicles for 18 months.

Also in court, 34-year-old Jace Levine, of Sandys, pleaded guilty to failing to provide a sample of breath for analysis.

The court heard that on April 25, Levine was driving a white Yamaha motorcycle on Middle Road, Sandys, when he overtook a marked police car on Somerset Bridge and had to swerve back in front of it to avoid colliding with an oncoming vehicle.

The police officers pulled him over and when they asked him if he had been drinking, he replied that he’d had two drinks at Woody’s Sports Bar.

Levine was also charged with driving while impaired, but again the Crown accepted his plea and offered no evidence on that count.

Mr Tokunbo fined Levine $800 and disqualified him for 12 months.