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A VET was injured when her car was wrecked in a crash caused by two friends racing each other on a twisting country lane.
Craig Hillman and Steven Dillon were driving too fast, overtaking other cars and hurtling around corners on the wrong side of the road.
Dillon lost control, hit an oncoming vehicle and rebounded into the path of vet Mary Noon, whose Vauxhall Astra took the brunt of the impact, Exeter Crown Court was told.
The two friends were speeding on the A3137 between Witheridge and Tiverton before the head-on crash in June.
Quarry worker Hillman, 29, of Ford Road, Tiverton, admitted dangerous driving and his sentence was adjourned for reports by Recorder Mr Robert Linford.
Dillon, also from Tiverton, pleaded guilty to a similar charge at Central Devon Magistrates' Court and his case was committed for sentence to the Crown Court, where they will both be dealt with next month.
The Recorder told him that he was not considering a jail sentence but a ban of at least 12 months was mandatory.
James Taghdissian, prosecuting, said the four-car pile-up was caused by Hillman and Dillon driving too fast, overtaking dangerously and going onto the wrong side of the road.
He said: "They were racing each other. They were driving far too fast and at times were driving on the wrong side of the road.
"This was a typical Devon country road where they were in effect overtaking other traffic regardless of whether it was safe to do so.
"They went round a corner with Dillon in front and he lost control. His car hit the passenger door of one vehicle and ricocheted and hit the vet's car, colliding side on.
"Hillman's car was following and he braked and tried to take avoiding action but was involved in a further minor collision."
Taghdissian said vet Mary Noon and Dillon's girlfriend, who was a passenger in his Ford Focus, were both injured.
Joss Ticehurst, defending, said Hillman had a steady job in stone and quarry work and was concerned about the effect of losing his licence. He said his wife was expecting their first child in December. Reported by This is 2 hours ago.
A VET was injured when her car was wrecked in a crash caused by two friends racing each other on a twisting country lane.
Craig Hillman and Steven Dillon were driving too fast, overtaking other cars and hurtling around corners on the wrong side of the road.
Dillon lost control, hit an oncoming vehicle and rebounded into the path of vet Mary Noon, whose Vauxhall Astra took the brunt of the impact, Exeter Crown Court was told.
The two friends were speeding on the A3137 between Witheridge and Tiverton before the head-on crash in June.
Quarry worker Hillman, 29, of Ford Road, Tiverton, admitted dangerous driving and his sentence was adjourned for reports by Recorder Mr Robert Linford.
Dillon, also from Tiverton, pleaded guilty to a similar charge at Central Devon Magistrates' Court and his case was committed for sentence to the Crown Court, where they will both be dealt with next month.
The Recorder told him that he was not considering a jail sentence but a ban of at least 12 months was mandatory.
James Taghdissian, prosecuting, said the four-car pile-up was caused by Hillman and Dillon driving too fast, overtaking dangerously and going onto the wrong side of the road.
He said: "They were racing each other. They were driving far too fast and at times were driving on the wrong side of the road.
"This was a typical Devon country road where they were in effect overtaking other traffic regardless of whether it was safe to do so.
"They went round a corner with Dillon in front and he lost control. His car hit the passenger door of one vehicle and ricocheted and hit the vet's car, colliding side on.
"Hillman's car was following and he braked and tried to take avoiding action but was involved in a further minor collision."
Taghdissian said vet Mary Noon and Dillon's girlfriend, who was a passenger in his Ford Focus, were both injured.
Joss Ticehurst, defending, said Hillman had a steady job in stone and quarry work and was concerned about the effect of losing his licence. He said his wife was expecting their first child in December. Reported by This is 2 hours ago.