A MAN has pleaded guilty to causing serious injury by careless or inconsiderate driving after a crash in Herefordshire.

Matthew Office appeared before magistrates in Hereford last month and entered a guilty plea to one count of causing serious injury by careless or inconsiderate driving.

The court heard from prosecutor Lauren Millichip that the 29-year-old caused serious injury to a woman by driving a mechanically propelled vehicle, namely a Mitsubishi L200, dangerously on the B4221 in Gorsley, Herefordshire, on December 28 last year.

There was a crash on the B4221 at around 5.20pm on December 28, at the junction with Pound Farm Lane near Gorsley Goffs Primary School.

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The ambulance service said at the time that a man and a woman were both assessed and discharged at the scene, with police confirming that the woman did sustain injuries.

Office, of Verschoyle Gardens, Ross-on-Wye, has been handed a 12-month community order where he must complete 80 hours of unpaid work and attend up to 10 days of rehabilitation activities with the probation service. He was disqualified from driving for 12 months.

He must also pay court costs of £185 and a victim surcharge of £114.