A driver who nearly killed himself when he crashed a stolen car into a wall has been jailed for a year.
Firefighters freed Nicky Main, who had been drinking, from the wreckage of the vehicle.
Jennifer McLaren, prosecuting, told Hamilton Sheriff Court: “He had sustained a complete pelvic fracture.
“Doctors noted that if he hadn’t been treated he could have suffered internal abdominal bleeding and possible death.”
Main, 30, of Orchard Street, Overtown, Wishaw, admitted stealing a Renault Megane and other items from a pal’s house in Lomond Drive, Wishaw, on July 31, 2018.
He also admitted driving dangerously on the A73 in Carluke, being over the drink limit, driving without a full licence and having no insurance cover.
Main was seen driving on the wrong side of the road around 7am then forcing a bus to pull into the side to avoid a collision.
Shortly after this the Megane mounted the pavement and hit a wall. The car was a write-off.
Defence agent Tom Watters said Main was on medication for epilepsy and mixed it with alcohol.
Watters explained: “He was under stress, having broken up with his partner.
“There was no planning or logic here. He thinks he was intending to go to his ex-partner’s home in Carluke.
“He is not a car thief in the normal sense, but his driving was appalling.”
Sheriff Thomas Millar jailed Main for a year, reduced from 16 months because of his guilty pleas, and banned him from driving for four years.
He told the accused: “There was a significant danger to the public here. A custodial sentence is inevitable.”
