Driver is jailed for crossing smash.

A HIT-AND-RUN driver who severely injured a teenage boy has been jailed for 13 months.

Uzair Zuber was speeding when he hit the 15-year-old, who was on a pedestrian crossing, throwing him against a bus stop.

But the 22-year-old continued driving to his uncle's garage, where he worked. It was his uncle who later called police and took Zuber to a police station.

Passing sentence yesterday, Sheriff Kenneth Maciver said the public had to be protected from Zuber, who was also banned from driving for five years.

He said: "The driving was both appalling and inexplicable in that you didn't stop after this obvious heavy impact which must have been obvious to you to have been serious." Surgery His victim suffered a fractured skull and leg injuries and needed surgery to reduce swelling to his brain. He suffers memory lapses and mood problems.

Injuries to his knee forced him to give up competitive sports, including rugby and basketball.

The accident happened on March 28 last year in Dalry Road, Edinburgh.

Zuber, of Grove Street, Edinburgh, was driving a silver Renault Clio at around 38mph in a 30mph limit area.

At Edinburgh Sheriff Court earlier this month, he admitted driving dangerously at excessive speed and failing to report the accident.

Chris Fehilly, defending, said he had "simply panicked" after the accident..

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