A DRUNK teenage joyrider who caused a crash after driving a stolen car at up to 90mph has been locked up for six months.

Wayne Crump, 17, knocked a boy off a scooter, drove through a red light and ploughed into another car, leaving a man fighting for his life.

Crump can be named for the first time after magistrates lifted reporting restrictions, following a request by the Echo, at a hearing yesterday.

The teenager, of Chestnut Grove, Southend, had already pleaded guilty to drink-driving, driving while disqualified, dangerous driving and driving with no insurance at an earlier hearing.

Magistrates sitting at Southend Youth Court handed him a 12-month detention and training order after hearing the stolen red Metro he was driving hit speeds of 90mph.

Prosecuting, Keith Rylands said: “It was an act of God no one was killed.”

Crump had 137mgs of alcohol per 100ml of blood. The legal limit is 80. The horror accident happened at the junction of Bournemouth Park Road and North Avenue, Southend, on July 23.

Mr Rylands said police officers were already in the area on another call when they saw the car speed past them and head through a red light before hitting a Volkswagen.

Photographs of the devastation were handed out to magistrates, which showed both cars destroyed.

The driver of the other vehicle, Chi Keung Doa, a chef, 46, spent two weeks in hospital with a collapsed lung and injuries to his diaphragm.

The court heard the driver still suffers flashbacks and stress. Both vehicles went up in the air and the Volkswagen’s roof was torn off in the impact. A witness also saw Crump drive behind a scooter, turn his lights off, and deliberately drive into the scooter, knocking the driver into a grass verge, moments before the smash.

The Echo asked for reporting restrictions to be lifted as juveniles appearing in youth court automatically have their identity protected.

Chairman of the bench Sandra Gibson agreed, and said: “We do feel this would be in the interest of the public to lift the restrictions in view of the serious nature of the offences.”

Crump was told he will spend six months in a secure accommodation before being released to complete the remainder of his sentence.

The magistrate said: “You only stopped when your car crashed into a parked car.

“We are certain that this is so serious that custody is the only way to deal with you.”

The detention and training order sentences a young person to custody.

It can be given to 12 to 17 year olds and the length of the sentence can be between four months and two years.