A DRUNK driver who crashed into another car then led police on a chase had come to Swindon to kill herself, a court heard.

Giselle White's car suffered extensive damage in the smash which happened at 12.40am on October 8, 2017.

Then when police spotted her she failed to stop and drove away.

Pauline Lambert, prosecuting, said: “A witness said that he was driving towards Coate Water when out of nowhere, he felt a large impact to the rear of his vehicle.

“He pulled over, expecting to swap insurance details, but the other driver drove off.

“Police officers saw a Ford Ka drive through a red light as they approached the traffic lights near the hospital.

“They followed the vehicle, noticed that it has extensive damage, and saw it swerve from side to side.

“They had sirens on but it didn’t stop, instead continuing onto the B4192 towards Liddington.

“When they pulled her over, they smelled alcohol on the driver's breath and saw her holding two bottles of tablets in her hands, with more tablets and an unopened bottle of vodka in the footwell.

“She screamed at them ‘You are stopping me from killing myself’.

“They told her about the car accident and she failed to supply enough breath for the breathalyser, so they took her to the station.

“On the way, she banged her head on the carriage of the van so they took her to Great Western Hospital."

A test revealed White had 125mg of alcohol in 100ml of blood - the limit is 80mg.”

Swindon magistrates then heard the circumstances behind White’s visit to the town.

Mrs Lambert added: "She was upset because social services took her kids away last year.

“She’d been drinking and wanted to kill herself, so she’d driven to Swindon to get more tablets and vodka.

“She said she panicked when she crashed.

"She didn’t realise the police wanted her to stop, all she wanted to do was go home and commit suicide."

Mark Glendenning, defending, said: “She accepts that she was having a bad time on that day and apologises to the other driver and other road users.

“She had left a relationship and felt she’d lost everything so she took tablets and drank alcohol but realised she didn’t have enough to do what she intended.

“It was simply as sad as that, but things are better now and she can see a much brighter future ahead.”

White, of Downs House, Baydon, was fined £254 and ordered to pay £85 in costs plus £30 to victim services.

She was also disqualified from driving for 15 months after pleading guilty to failing to stop after a road accident, running a red light, failing to stop when required by police, and being over the drink-drive limit.