Driver on wrong side of the road who crashed into motorcyclist narrowly avoids jail
A driver who left a motorcyclist with devastating injuries in a crash after she ended up on the wrong side of the road has avoided going to prison.
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Isabelle Leruste admitted causing serious injury to Gary Alan Weston by careless driving on the A438 at Bronllys on June 5 last year when she appeared at Llandrindod Wells Magistrates Court on Wednesday, January 31.
Prosecuting, Mr Shane Maddocks said police were called to a collision between a grey Saab, which was travelling towards Brecon, and a Honda bike at about 8.55pm.
The court was told Leruste’s vehicle had crossed to the other side of the road and there was a head-on collision.
Mr Weston said as he approached the left hand bend, the car was on his side of the road and he didn’t have time to brake, and there was a huge bang.
Mr Weston suffered injuries including a wrist fracture, severed tendons, multiple rib fractures, a blood clot on the lung, an open tibia fracture, a fractured hip, and a fractured knee. He said he worries about the long-term effects of his injuries as he gets older.