"It was a grace of good luck that no one was killed."
That was the message Judge Philip Crayton gave a local farmer who crashed his vehicle into a fence near Fielding while under the influence.
Ryan Kevin Goble pleaded guilty to a breath alcohol level over 400 mcgs when he appeared in the Whanganui District Court on Tuesday.
Defence lawyer, Anna Brosnahan, said Goble had fallen asleep at the wheel and couldn't recall why he was driving as he had arranged a sober driver to pick him up.
"The vehicle had been written off but luckily no one was hurt."