Grandad left 'scarred for life' after driver used car as 'weapon' to hit bike

WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES. Duncan Ronaldson, 67, was rammed by a Vauxhall Astra driven by Craig McComb, 37, and knocked disconnected his motorcycle successful a terrifying roadworthy rage onslaught that near him severely injured

A grandad said helium has been "scarred for life" by a terrifying road-rage attack wherever a operator utilized his car arsenic a "weapon" to onslaught his bike.

Duncan Ronaldson, 67, was rammed by a Vauxhall Astra driven by Craig McComb, 37, who was not known to him, arsenic helium cycled connected the A92 successful Glenrothes, Fife, connected August 12, 2022.

The smash caused the grandad-of-four to clang onto the crushed aft McComb's bonnet locked with Duncan's e-bike, starring him to skid astir 5 metres earlier helium went down. Duncan suffered a bid of horrific disfigurements and injuries which saw his collar bony near "floating successful his body".

McComb was jailed for 3 years and 8 months past week aft a justice ruled helium had utilized his car arsenic a "weapon" to deliberately sound down Duncan successful the rage-fuelled incident.

Duncan, from Glenrothes, told however helium has been near suffering from PTSD and has since had to discontinue aboriginal from his job. "My beingness has been changed dramatically by this incident, I person been near physically and mentally scarred for life. It was terrifying. My encephalon has blanked retired a batch of it due to the fact that of the trauma that it caused me," helium said.

"I didn't cognize McComb, helium was a implicit alien to me. This was solely down to roadworthy rage and it has near maine incapable to enactment again. I had to discontinue aboriginal due to the fact that I tin nary longer work, the carnal demands would conscionable beryllium excessively overmuch for maine now. For the past 2 years, I person besides been receiving therapy each fortnight to assistance maine enactment done the affectional interaction this has had connected me. I could person died but for the grace of God, I americium inactive here."

The tribunal heard however Duncan became alert of McComb aft helium began to blast his horn astatine him. Duncan ignored him arsenic helium attempted to crook near but the conveyance past "shot up" down him and moved successful front. The cyclist said helium had to halt abruptly, causing him to yet crash, reported the Daily Record.

Duncan said: "For a while, I was being pulled on the crushed due to the fact that my instrumentality locked. I yet flew implicit the handlebars and deed the tarmac. The gouges near down successful the roadworthy were 5.8m long, that gives you an thought of however acold I went." He was admitted to infirmary for 10 days pursuing the smash, wherever helium underwent country for a severed collarbone. He was besides near with an corruption aft his ft got caught nether his motorcycle and ripped from his shoe.

He said: "I ended up connected the crushed successful beforehand of the vehicle. The harm was brainsick - my close ft was caught nether the bike. Flesh connected the apical of my ft came disconnected aft it slipped done my laces and done the lingua of my shoe.

"It became infected due to the fact that it was dragged on the tarmac and really started to spell black. Medics told maine that if they didn't drawback the corruption successful time, I could person mislaid my foot. When I deed the crushed aft getting thrown implicit the handlebars, I severed my shoulder. I needed country to bolt it unneurotic again.

"It smashed truthful hard against the crushed that determination was thing holding my collarbone successful spot - it was conscionable floating determination successful my body. I've been near with scarring crossed my assemblage and I person constricted scope of question connected that enarthrosis arsenic well. I can't transportation bags of messages and determination are inactive definite nights I person to instrumentality painkillers to spell to bed."

McComb was banned from the roadworthy for a full of 9 years and 10 months pursuing a three-day proceedings astatine the High Court successful Edinburgh. Police initially arrested and charged the motorist, besides of Glenrothes, successful transportation with attempted murder. Jurors, however, convicted McComb of battle to terrible injury, imperishable disfigurement and impairment and to the information of his life.

Reacting to his sentence, Duncan said: "I've had this hanging implicit maine for implicit 2 years and I tin present get closure. I’m grateful that justness has been served and that the tribunal has recognised the seriousness of the offence. It has been highly hard for maine implicit the past 2 years. I privation that motorists who get roadworthy rage would see the information that they're successful a tonne-and-a-half conveyance and we are soma and blood. They should retrieve that cyclists are somebody's father, gramps and brother."

Judge Lord Scott said: “You utilized your car arsenic a limb to battle the victim. The injuries which you person inflicted upon him are serious, terrible and long-lasting.” Solicitor Roz Galloway of Cycle Law Scotland, who acted for Mr Ronaldson, said: "This was a heinous enactment of aggression by 1 idiosyncratic against another, fto unsocial a motorist against a susceptible roadworthy user, specified arsenic Duncan.

"We are peculiarly pleased with the magnitude of the driving prohibition which volition support this operator disconnected the roads for a precise agelong time, but volition besides enactment arsenic a deterrent to different drivers who mightiness enactment aggressively towards cyclists. We each person a work to look aft each different and stock the roads with respect.”