London driver fined at Inverness Sheriff Court after head-on crash near Kyle of Lochalsh
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A woman has admitted dangerous driving that resulted in a horror crash on Christmas Eve last year.
Tong Lo (25) overtook another car while approaching a bend on a Ross-shire road and her vehicle went head-on into an oncoming car.
The other car came off the road and ended up upside down, with the male driver having to be rushed to hospital.
Lo, who is a part-time researcher at the Royal College of Art in her native London, admitted the main charge and various other motoring related offences when she appeared at Inverness Sheriff Court.
The court heard the accident happened at around 5.30pm on the A87 road at Auchentyre, Kyle of Lochalsh on December 24.
Lo, of Maltings Place, represented herself during her court appearance and admitted full responsibility.
Fiscal depute Emma MacEwan said: “Witnesses were driving westbound on the A87.
“The saw a dark vehicle overtaking them approaching a corner.
“A the same time there was another car coming eastbound.”
The court heard the crash between Lo’s rental car and the driver coming the opposite way resulted in his car coming off the road and ending up upside down on its roof.
He was taken to hospital and had suffered bruising and pain but was released later that night.
When police officers arrived on the scene witnesses pointed out Lo as being responsible for the incident.
Lo said she had learned to drive in China and had an international driving licence.
But among the offences she admitted was actually holding a provisional UK licence but not being insured.
She also admitted not having the right address on her licence, which should have been surrendered to the DVLA when her address changed.
Sheriff Gary Aitken fined her £640 and disqualified her from driving for a period of 12 months.
She will have to sit and pass an extended driving test in order to get a new licence when her driving ban expires.
