L-driver on drugs before fatal crash

A LEARNER driver who had taken a cocktail of drugs killed a friend in a crash during a high-speed police chase.

Ramsay Stevenson, 21, lost control of his Vauxhall Meriva in Baillieston, Glasgow, after being pursued for six miles. He was later found hiding in a garden. Passenger Cameron Donaldson, 20, died in hospital.

Another passenger, Pauline McDowell, 27, was badly hurt in the crash in October last year, the High Court in Glasgow heard.

It emerged Stevenson had taken amphetamine, ecstasy and etizolam.

He admitted causing death by dangerous driving and was remanded in custody, with sentence deferred for reports.