A 20-year-old driver has been sentenced following a police chase which led to seven police officers being hospitalised and a number of cars being damaged and strewn across a busy road.
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Mazyar Azarbonyad, 20, has been sentenced to 14 months in a young offenders institution after the horror smash two months ago.
In the early hours of April 9, a pile-up of police cars was seen on the A1 near Denton Burn, Newcastle, after Azarbonyad had been on a first date.
The personal trainer had previously admitted dangerous driving, as well as driving in the aftermath of the crash, despite being given an interim ban.
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