Motorist crashed into two cars

A dentist who had been travelling home to Glasgow from his work in Dunfermline crashed into two vehicles when an overtaking manoeuvre went wrong, a court has heard.

The accident, which happened near Kincardine, resulted in Sakhar Sherrabeh, 50, appearing in the dock at Dunfermline Sheriff Court.

He admitted that on January 5, on the A985 at Kincardine, he drove a car carelessly and without reasonable consideration for others by attempting to overtake other motorists when it was not safe to do so and drove towards oncoming traffic, causing his car to collide with two other cars.

Depute fiscal Jennifer Graham said the incident took place at 8.10pm and it had obviously been dark at the time of the accident.

Sherrabeh successfully overtook one vehicle in front of him and then tried to do the same with a second car.

However, a driver was coming out from a side road and in trying to avoid a collision Sherrabeh struck both vehicles.

Fortunately, there were no injuries suffered by any of the parties involved in the crash.

The court was told that Sherrabeh, who is originally from Syria, works as a dentist in Dunfermline and also Kilmarnock.

Sherrabeh, whose address was given as Knowehead Gardens, Glasgow, was fined £450 and had six penalty points imposed on his licence by Sheriff Craig McSherry.