Man caused crash which injured teen

A teenager spent days in a high dependency unit after a driver crashed into a tree.

The boy was one of three passengers in a black Corsa driven by Peter Hutchison, 19.

Hutchison drove the car dangerously at excessive speed before crashing into a tree on Blackness Road, Dundee.

The boy was found lying in a garden between the car and a wall. He was taken to Ninewells Hospital and spent two days in high dependency with a punctured lung.

He also had two pelvic fractures and a ruptured spleen.

Another passenger suffered a broken rib.

At Dundee Sheriff Court, Hutchison, of James Blair Close, Errol, admitted one charge of dangerous driving causing serious injury.

Fiscal depute Saima Rasheed told the court Hutchison lost control of his car on Dura Street due to the speed he was driving and “wrestled with the steering” to regain control.

The fiscal said: “At Blackness Road the accused turned a bend at speed causing the car to move sideways.

“The accused lost control and struck a parked car, causing damage to both cars and causing the parked car to move 10 metres. The accused’s car came to rest on a tree.”

The teenager, who had been a passenger in the back of the car, was found lying in a garden.

Police arrived and he was taken to Ninewells Hospital.

The fiscal said: “He is still in pain and suffers from stiffness in his pelvis. He’s not allowed to do physical exercise at school in case he gets injured and has told police officers he suffers from nightmares.”

Hutchison admitted driving a car dangerously at Dura Street and Blackness Road on July 15 last year.

He admitted committing the offence, by repeatedly driving at excessive speed and losing control of his car, colliding with a tree and causing serious injury to passenger Kevin Murray and a teenager.

Sheriff Drummond said: “Although you are a first offender I do take this very seriously.”

Sentence was deferred until August 16 and Hutchison was disqualified from driving meantime.