A FATHER and daughter were injured when a heroin addict crashed a stolen car into their vehicle while fleeing from the police.
Brian Ramshaw, 27, had taken heroin and was using the stolen Ford Escort to pick up more when police tried to pull him over in Suffolk Street, Sunderland, in December.
But Newcastle Crown Court heard how, instead of stopping the car, he drove off at speeds of up to 85mph and nearly crashed into an ambulance, before crashing into the Mercedes in which Nicole Gilston was giving her father a lift.
Ramshaw, of Town End Farm, Sunderland, admitted aggravated vehicle taking and driving while disqualified.
The case was adjourned for a drug treatment and testing order assessment.
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