Facing jail, young mum whose ‘car became airborne’ before fatal crash
A YOUNG mother is facing jail after killing a passenger and badly injuring three others in a horrific car crash.
Natasha Scott, 21, lost control of her Vauxhall Corsa after speeding on a country road near Ayr in July 2016.
The vehicle ploughed into a fence, brick wall and telegraph pole.
Kai Milligan, 21, died while three young people also in the car were injured.
A judge heard how one of them – a 15year-old boy – needed major surgery to reconstruct his face.
At the High Court in Glasgow yesterday, Scott pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and injuring her passengers.
The young mother – whose baby was born in December last year – had her bail continued. She sobbed heavily as she left the dock but was warned she is likely to be locked up on sentencing next month.
The crash occurred on the B7024 near Blairston Mains Farm, Alloway, Ayrshire.
Prosecutor Duncan McPhie said Scott had ‘increased her speed’ and the car had became ‘airborne’ at a hill crest before she lost control. The court heard the Corsa had started to ‘fishtail’.
Scott tried to regain control but her car span and then smashed into the fence, wall and pole. Mr McPhie said: ‘Mr Milligan, seated behind the driver, sustained fatal injuries as a fence post passed through a side rear window striking him in the face.’
The 15-year-old boy was hit in a similar way. Scott, a 17-year-old girl and a boy aged 12 managed to clamber free.
Mr Milligan, of Maybole, Ayrshire, never recovered.
The 15-year-old passenger sustained ‘massive’ facial injuries.
Mr McPhie told the court: ‘He required major surgical intervention to help reconstruct the bones.’
The youth has been left permanently scarred and has been affected by ‘mood swings’ and ‘increased aggression’ following the ordeal.
He also has a lack of feeling in his face and has issues with his sense of taste.
The 12-year-old was treated for head and leg injuries, while the 17-year-old girl had pains in her back and stomach.
Scott, of Ayr, hurt her shoulder and neck.
Crash investigators were not able to calculate exactly how fast Scott was travelling before the accident.
But it was concluded that she was driving the Corsa at ‘excessive speed’.
The court heard that Scott made no comment when questioned after the smash but did become ‘upset’.
Barry Smith, defending, told the court that his client wanted to pass on her ‘sincere condolences’ to relatives of the victims.
Lady Stacey banned Scott from the road meantime.
She told her: ‘Your dangerous driving that day took a man’s life, causing havoc to his family.
‘It also caused injury to other people, some of which may be long-lasting.’
Sentence was deferred for reports.
‘Massive facial injuries’