Tumbi Umbi: Mathew Luke Hazelton, 35, almost four times over limit during crash

A driver organised himself an Uber to go out drinking, so imagine his surprise when he found himself slumped over the wheel of his Holden Commodore having ploughed into a parked car.

Mathew Hazelton, 35, was injured when he ploughed his Holden Commodore into two parked cars just around the corner from his house after a night on Stone & Wood beers. (File image)

A man has “no recollection” of driving while drunk but continues to have nightmares about crashing his Holden Commodore into a parked car so hard it sent it flying into someone’s front yard.

Mathew Luke Hazelton, 35, of Tumbi Umbi, faced Wyong Local Court on Monday where he pleaded guilty to high range drink-driving.

His lawyer Marc Riviere told the court Hazelton had “no recollection of driving” and had organised an Uber to take him out to a licensed venue earlier in the evening.

An agreed set of facts states Hazelton was driving a white Holden Commodore at 11.10pm on December 3 around the corner from his house.

“The accused came around the bend near Bligh Close where the accused lost control of his vehicle causing it to crash into a black Hyundai i30 that was parked on the side of the road,” the facts state.

Northumberland Way, near the intersection of Bligh Close, Tumbi Umbi. Picture: Google

“The collision caused the black Hyundai i30 to be launched into the front yard of 19 Northumberland Way stopping before the house. The accused’s vehicle continued until it crashed into a white Toyota LandCruiser Prado, which was parked in front of 19 Northumberland Way.”

Police arrived and found Hazelton slumped over the wheel in the driver’s seat.

Hazelton told police he had been drinking Stone & Wood beers that evening.

They called an ambulance and while waiting they could smell alcohol on his breath.

Police asked Hazelton if he had been drinking and he told them he had been consuming Stone and Wood beers over the evening.

About 11.45pm paramedics arrived and took him to Gosford Hospital where tests revealed a blood alcohol reading of 0.199 — almost four times over the limit.

Mr Riviere said Hazelton suffered significant injuries in the crash and his clavicle had still not healed “quite right”.

Hazelton appeared in Wyong Local Court where he pleaded guilty. (File image)

He said Hazelton didn’t remember driving but was suffering from recurrent nightmares about the crash.

Mr Riviere said Hazelton received stitches to his tongue and one evening the nightmares were so bad “he ripped them out”.

Magistrate Danielle Mansour sentenced him to an 18-month community corrections order with supervision and disqualified him from driving for six months, with a further 24 months on an interlock device.