Driver injured teenagers racing another car

A driver left two teenagers with potentially life threatening injuries after he lost control of his car and ended up in a ditch beside a motorway, a court heard. Peter Blade, 43, was driving his red Vauxhall Corsa on the A13 between Dagenham and Wennington in Essex when a BMW overtook him at speed 10 February this year. He accelerated, lost control and collided with a tree leaving two 15-year-old passengers seriously injured. The eastbound carriageway was closed for a…