A pupil at a Fife school was treated in hospital after a teenage motorist ran him over during a lunch break.
The 14-year-old was sent into the air and landed on the road after being struck by Innes Christie.
Cupar Sheriff Court heard how the impatient 17-year-old blasted his horn before ploughing into the youngster just yards from the gates of Bell Baxter High School.
Far from expressing sympathy after the incident, Christie blamed his victim for the accident.
It was left to a passing doctor to tend to the stricken youngster and call an ambulance.
Christie, of Innerleith, Cupar, admitted driving carelessly on Westfield Road on January 17 and colliding with the pedestrian, to his injury.
Depute fiscal Laura McLaughlin said, “At approximately 12.50pm the 14-year-old left Bell Baxter with three other teenagers and set off on foot in the direction of Cupar town centre for lunch.
“The accused was travelling east in his Citroen Saxo car at the time … and witnesses heard him beeping his car horn. Without slowing down he struck the 14-year-old from behind with the front nearside of his vehicle.”
The depute fiscal described how the teenager was swept off his feet.
“He was left lying on the roadway,” she continued. “The accused parked his car and walked toward the teenager. He then started shouting at him, blaming him for the accident.”
Luckily for the injured teenager a doctor happened to be passing by and called an ambulance.
“The complainer was taken to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee where he was found to have sustained a laceration to his chin, which required six stitches,” Mrs McLaughlin said.
“He also had a bruised jaw, broken teeth, a bruised right hand and swelling to his right knee.”
Solicitor Alan Davie said Christie then a fellow pupil at Bell Baxter had “misjudged his distances.”
“He realises it was a bad mistake,” the defence agent told the court.
Sheriff Charles Macnair fined Christie £300 and banned him from driving for six months.
He said, “In my view this was a bad case of careless driving. You sounded your horn but did not slow down.
“As a pupil of this school you must have known full well that the road would be busy with pedestrians.”