The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)
Driver, 21, injured friends in smash
Ayoung motorist faces a “significant” driving ban after he admitted injuring two friends in a high-speed smash on the outskirts of Perth.
Jack Ferguson appeared at the city’s sheriff court and admitted two counts of dangerous driving just days apart.
The 21-year-old sped through streets in Perth’s Tulloch area in early April, last year, and forced another driver to take evasive action to avoid a collision.
The incident ended with a confrontation with the other motorist, the court heard.
Just days later, he caused a serious crash on the Huntingtower to Crieff road.
Perth Sheriff Court was told his silver Vauxhall Corsa careered off the carriageway, smashed through a fence and flipped over in a field.
Ferguson, of Tweedsmuir Road, admitted he had no licence or insurance at the time of the second crash.
He pled guilty to dangerous driving on April 5 and April 14, last year.
Sheriff Gillian Wade told him: “You have pled guilty to a number of serious driving offences.
“It is inevitable that you will lose your licence for a significant period as a result of this.
“You will be interim disqualified in the meantime.”
The court heard Ferguson motored through Tulloch Road, Primrose Crescent and Langside Road on April 5, while failing to keep a safe distance behind another vehicle.
He then attempted to overtake it while unsafe to do so, drove at an excessive speed and entered a roundabout on the wrong side of the carriageway, causing the other car to take evasive action to avoid a collision.
Nine days later, Ferguson sped along the C410 Huntingtower to Crieff road, before losing control of his car.
It collided with a verge and overturned.
According to court papers, the car and fencing along the roadside were left damaged.
Passenger Lewis McKinnon and another man were injured in the crash.
McKinnon, 21, of South Methven Street, Perth had, at a previous hearing, admitted behaving in a threatening or abusive manner on Crieff Road on April 5, following the first dangerous driving incident.
He shouted and swore at the driver of the car Ferguson attempted to overtake, threatened him with violence and challenged him to a fight.
The court heard McKinnon was due to have been called as a witness if Ferguson’s case went to trial.
He did not attend court for sentencing yesterday and his solicitor John McLaughlin could not explain his absence.
A warrant was issued for his arrest.
Ferguson will be sentenced on July 12.