Derek Acorah Charged After Southport Car Crash

Derek Acorah is best known for
 the Living TV show Most Haunted

A 63-year-old TV psychic has been charged with careless driving following a car crash in Merseyside.

Derek Johnson, widely known as Derek Acorah, was driving a Nissan GT that was in collision with a Ford Ka in Southport, on Saturday.

The 52-year-old Ka driver and her passenger, a man aged 21, were taken to hospital with "whiplash-type" injuries.

Mr Johnson, who was not injured, was bailed and is due to appear at Sefton Magistrates' Court on 30 December.

Merseyside Police said he had also been charged with failing to provide a specimen of breath for analysis, following the crash in Scarisbrick New Road.

Mr Johnson, of Scarisbrick, Southport, is best known for his work on the Living TV show Most Haunted.

Smash: Acorah's red Nissan 370z

Damaged: The Ford Ka

The 63-year-old, who found fame on Living TV's Most Haunted, was held by police after his Nissan 370z collided with a Ford Ka on Merseyside

Celebrity psychic Derek Acorah has been charged with careless driving and failure to supply a specimen of breath for analysis after his sports car was involved in a collision last night.

Police were called to Scarisbrick New Road in Southport at around 6.15pm yesterday after his after his red Nissan 370Z collided with a Ford Ka near his Merseyside home.

Acorah, 63, who found fame with the Living TV show Most Haunted, was not hurt in the crash.

But the 53-year-old female driver of the Ka and her 21-year-old male passenger were taken to hospital with whiplash.

Onlookers immediately took to Twitter to talk about the incident involving Acorah, who famously claims to be able to speak to dead people.

One said: "Just seen a crash on southport road, who gets out the car but @derek_acorah #spooooky hope you’re ok m8."

Earlier Acorah had been on Twitter wishing his 18,000 followers a good weekend – unaware of the incident which was soon to happen.

He tweeted: "Have a good weekend all, whatever you may be doing."

The medium has been charged by police under his real name, Derek Johnson.

A police spokesman told the Liverpool Echo: "Derek Johnson, aged 63, from Scarisbrick, Southport, has been charged with careless driving and failing to supply a specimen of breath for analysis."

He has been released on bail and will appear at Sefton Magistrates Court on December 30 at 9.30am.

Acorah famously attempted to contact the spirit of dead singer Michael Jackson for a Sky TV show in 2009 – later branded "worst TV programme of 2009" by voters on Yahoo!