US citizen pleads guilty to dangerous driving which left Worcestershire nurse unable to walk
He appeared at Kidderminster Magistrates' Court on Thursday
A US citizen who fled the UK after a car crash which left a mental health nurse unable to walk has pleaded guilty following his extradition.
Issac Calderon appeared at Kidderminster Magistrates' Court on Thursday where he admitted causing serious injury by driving a Honda Accord dangerously on July 31 last year.
Elizabeth Donowho, from Malvern, Worcestershire, suffered multiple fractures in the collision, including both ankles, her sternum and her right hand which she said meant she was unable to walk for six weeks after the crash.
Calderon, who was 22 at the time of the incident, left on a commercial flight to Texas on November 25 ahead of his scheduled hearing at Kidderminster Magistrates' Court, which was meant to go ahead in December.
The defendant was arrested in July, almost a year after the incident, before he appeared in court in Texas and was extradited to the UK.
He's due to appear at Worcester Crown Court next month for sentencing.