Mason McCallum only had a provisional licence.
Mason McCallum, 19, ploughed head on with Anthony Martyn's taxi in Glasgow city centre.READ MORE: Heartbreak as young Glasgow paramedic dies from rare cancer after marrying love of her lifeMcCallum pled guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court to causing Anthony serious injury by dangerous driving on November 1 2021.
The first offender, of Mosspark, also admitted driving with a provisional licence and without insurance.McCallum went on to drive slowly down one-way streets before officers followed him as he went faster.He was later observed at a slip road from the city centre going in the wrong direction.Prosecutor Sean Docherty said: "A short distance later, McCallum collided head on with a black cab taxi driven by Anthony Martyn in the correct direction on the off-slip.
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He was later tested and found to have 444 micrograms of drug benzoylecgonine in his body when the legal limit is 50 micrograms. Anthony meantime suffered a fractured thigh bone, a broken kneecap, a chest wound, several broken ribs and sternum as well as a bleed to the brain.He said: "This is a serious matter, don't construe that I have continued bail that you will avoid custody - nothing is ruled in or out.
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