Glasgow private hire driver blames wasp for crashing into young family taking sick child to hospital

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Glasgow private hire driver blames wasp for crashing into young family taking sick child to hospital
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The 60-year-old cabbie told the trial that he was distracted for 'two to three seconds' before the crash as he was 'focused' on the wasp.

David McCamond was convicted at Glasgow Sheriff Court of careless driving in Govan after his Seat Toledo struck the back of Brian Crossan's stationary Audi as he waited at a roundabout.

Sheriff Mark McGuire fined McCamond - who is now unemployed - £210 and put four penalty points on his licence. Sign up to Glasgow Live's newsletter Get all the latest Glasgow news and headlines sent straight to your inbox twice a day by signing up to our free newsletter.The morning newsletter arrives every day before 9am and the evening newsletter, manually curated by the team, is sent between 4pm and 5pm, giving you a round up of the most important stories we've covered that day.

Miss Buist stated the police were immediately on the scene and took the trio to a nearby section of grass.The witness stated that she had a brief chat with McCamond.She replied: "He said a wasp flew into his car."

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