<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>CCTV has captured the moments after sacked Fox Sports reporter James Hooper allegedly crashed into three parked cars while drunk in Sydney.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police say the 47-year-old was almost five times over the legal limit when he crashed his ute in Leichhardt on Thursday night.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Neighbour Paul Green was first on the scene and claimed Hooper did not seem eager to stick around.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-mays-hill-stabbing-man-fighting-for-life/e13a92d4-d5c2-494e-bb2b-b1bd310993e3" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Man fighting for life after stabbing at Airbnb in Sydney's west</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He just tried to get out of there straight away, put the car in reverse to get off the car, he was collected on, and he couldn't get off," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>CCTV footage showed Hooper pacing past the scene.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Green said he walked up the street but went the wrong way.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/james-hooper-fired-cctv-captures-moments-after-fox-sports-reporters-alleged-drunken-crash/5cce9ffb-b681-48c3-b5aa-1691a6f934d4" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We lost sight of him in the dark. He came back and headed in the right direction to the house," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"That's when police caught up with him near the roundabout at the bottom of the hill." </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/monster-stick-insect-found-in-queensland-identified-as-new-species/3c3c38b6-2680-4ad1-97f4-2f0ffd8a7437" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Monster stick insect found in Queensland identified as new species</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hooper was charged with high-range drink driving and failing to give his details to the owners of the smashed cars.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He will face the Downing Centre Court in September.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A day after the collision, he lost his job as an NRL reporter with Fox Sports.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/weather-thunderstorms-kick-off-wet-weekend-in-nsw-with-more-severe-weather-to-come/7aadccd0-0ea8-40e0-92fd-43c265eb7c49" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Snow falls in northern NSW as wet weather continues to lash state</span></strong></a><strong></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I've let the game of rugby league, my employers, my wife and kids down terribly," Hooper said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Fox Sports described him as a great contributor to the organisation, who has battled significant personal issues.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><strong><span>Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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