A 100mph driver who caused a five-car motorway pile-up wandered off to a service station as firefighters fought to free casualties from the wreckage. Donald Gunn abandoned his hired BMW vehicle then got a taxi to his sister’s home where he fell asleep, a court has heard.
A woman suffered a broken ankle and serious injuries to her mouth when the car she was in collided with two other vehicles, leaving her trapped inside. Gunn, 36, of Shettleston, Glasgow, admitted driving dangerously on the M74 southbound in Lanarkshire on December 13, 2020.
Hamilton Sheriff Court heard multiple collisions happened five minutes after Gunn was seen undertaking another car at high speed in wet conditions. Dunn drove up fast behind another car and his BMW struck the other vehicle, despite the female driver’s efforts to switch lanes.
