Driver left tourist with life-threatening injuries

A man has been jailed after leaving a tourist with life-threatening injuries in a crash.

Muhammad Umair, 30, was driving a Toyota Yaris on the A303 near Bulford in Wiltshire on 23 May when he struck a BMW 1250cc motorcycle.

The rider, a French tourist in his 60s, suffered life-changing injuries. Umair, from Sandhurst, pleaded guilty to causing serious injury by dangerous driving in a hearing last month and was remanded into custody.

He was sentenced to two years imprisonment and given a five-year driving disqualification at Salisbury Crown Court earlier.

The court heard Umair was arrested and charged after dashcam footage captured the incident in full.

It showed how the motorcyclist had been riding in a sensible manner in a line of traffic when Umair pulled straight into his path, leaving him no time to brake and avoid the collision.

Paul Brewster from Wiltshire Police's serious collision investigation team said: "All our thoughts continue to be with the injured motorcyclist and his family, whose lives were changed in a split-second by Umair's actions.

"I also want to thank the members of the public that stopped to offer lifesaving first aid to the motorcyclist and particularly to three members of the public who remained at the scene for an extended period to allow us to download the dashcamera evidence from their vehicles.

"It was their support that meant Umair pleaded guilty at the first opportunity and enabled us to secure this conviction."

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