A MOTORIST who crashed his car while under the influence of drugs has been banned from the road for four years at Selkirk Sheriff Court.
Gareth Jones, 48, was also placed on a night time curfew at his home in Church Street, Galashiels, for the next eight months between the hours of 8pm and 7am after admitting driving while unfit through drugs and also careless driving.
Procurator fiscal Graham Fraser explained how Jones was driving his vehicle south on the A7 towards Galashiels.
He had taken aprazalom and was "certainly unfit to drive".
Mr Fraser added: "He lost control of his vehicle and crashed it. He suffered various injuries. "This happened at 11.30pm."
Jones was also given a two-year Drug Treatment and Testing Order.
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