A motorist accused of causing serious injury to a mother and her son by careless driving after a two-vehicle crash on the A69 in north Cumbria has appeared in court.
Robert Stott, aged 22, faced two charges during a short hearing at Carlisle Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
These charges allege that he caused serious injury to both Ann Walker-Graham and her son, Keith Walker-Graham, by driving a Mitsubishi L200 without due care and attention.
These charges have been brought following a head-on collision which is said to have involved the Mitsubishi and an oncoming Renault vehicle. This took place on a single carriageway stretch of the A69 — which runs between Carlisle and Newcastle — east of Warwick Bridge just before 8.30am on September 11 last year.
Giving some brief details about the incident, prosecutor Diane Jackson told the court that Ms Walker-Graham had been driving and her son was a passenger in the Renault which, she said, had sustained extensive damage in the collision. “Her and her son had to be cut out,” said the prosecutor.
Ms Walker-Graham was said to have suffered several broken ribs and bruising, while her son’s injuries were described as a broken sternum and bruising to the heart muscle.
“They both required admission to hospital,” Ms Jackson told the court of the Renault occupants.
When Stott, of Cairn Crescent, Corby Hill, near Carlisle, appeared in court before district judge John Temperley, he spoke to confirm his name, date of birth and address.
No plea was entered by Stott, who elected to have the case heard at Carlisle Crown Court.
Stott — represented in court today by solicitor Kate Hunter — is due to appear in front of a judge at the Earl Street building on August 10.
In the meantime he was granted unconditional bail.
