A TAXI driver caused a four-car crash after pulling out of a side street onto Whalley Road in Accrington, a court has heard.

Blackburn magistrates heard Manjid Yasin was waved out by a driver heading towards Accrington but collided with another vehicle coming from the town centre.

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And when he was banned from driving for six months under the totting up rules Yasin said: "That's me down the job centre."

Yasin, 36, of Sidings Way, Accrington, pleaded guilty to driving without due care and attention.

He was fined £60 with £85 costs and £20 victim surcharge and his licence endorsed with four penalty points.

Tracey Yates, prosecuting, said the car Yasin hit span into the car that had slowed to let him out and then hit another vehicle.

Yasin said he had been waved out but accepted it was his responsibility to make sure the road was clear in the other direction.