A speeding driver who badly injured a traffic cop as the officer pulled a stinger tyre deflation device across a country road near Drymen has been jailed.
Andrew Bryce, from Thornhill, in a Ford Fiesta, led police on a tactical pursuit at 65 miles an hour through villages ignoring a series of 40-mile-per hour limits, before a stinger – officially known as a HOSTYD, or Hollow Spike Tyre Deflator - was deployed on the A81 at Ballat Crossroads.
Prosecutor Sarah Smith told Falkirk Sheriff Court: “The move was successful and stung three tyres, but as the accused approached the HOSTYD he slowed and swerved.
