A van driver has admitted to causing a crash which badly hurt and hospitalised another driver in Hamilton.

Hamilton Sheriff Court heard that the collision happened on Carlisle Road in Hamilton , on July 22, 2023.

Brian Ogilvie, 35, admitted to driving his Fiat Ducato dangerously, clocking excessive speeds and veering on to the wrong side of the road, causing the head-on collision with a female motorist driving a Nissan Micra, reports Lanarkshire Live .

The 24-year-old female was taken to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital with serious injuries.

Sentence on Ogilvie, of Lyonside Street, Rigside, was deferred for reports and he was disqualified from driving with immediate effect.

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