Drug Driver Pleads Guilty After Glasgow M8 Crash Injures Six Including Police

Dylan Hood, a 28-year-old driver who was high on cocaine and driving with an expired license, caused a serious three-car crash on the M8 eastbound in Glasgow on July 24, 2024. Hood, who had previously been banned from driving, initially rode as a passenger before taking the wheel and driving erratically at speeds up to 134mph on the hard shoulder, ultimately colliding with an unmarked police vehicle stopped on the motorway. The crash left two police officers seriously injured, with one suffering brain injuries and still unable to return to work more than a year later. After fleeing the scene, Hood was found outside a pub and admitted to the police, saying, "These things happen, mate." He pleaded guilty to causing serious injury to six people by dangerous driving and is currently remanded in custody, awaiting sentencing. Prosecutors emphasized that Hood was uninsured and unlicensed at the time of the incident, which included dangerous maneuvers such as passing on the wrong side of the road and undertaking other cars at high speed.