Kettering driver banned over A43 crash which left woman with facial scar

Nikki Summerlin was driving her Vauxhall Mokka when the incident happened near Broughton as she attempted to overtake another vehicle, which was indicating to turn at a junction, at about 10.15am on January 28 last year.

Court documents said the 50-year-old, of Venus Avenue in Kettering, did not get back into the correct lane in time and collided with another car. This flung her car into the vehicle which was turning off – ending up on top of it – and leaving the driver of it with serious injuries.

Police said the woman, aged in her 60s, suffered a severe cut to her lip that needed stitches and was left with a facial scar and a chipped tooth.

At Northampton Magistrates’ Court Summerlin admitted a charge of causing serious injury by driving without due care and attention.

She was handed an interim driving disqualification and granted unconditional bail for a pre-sentence report to be carried out before she is sentenced on September 9.