Drug driver who killed cyclist on wrong side of road jailed

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Scott Mackinnon had multiple drugs in his system when he hit cyclist Colin McCourt in November 2020.

Scott MacKinnon was found to have "unquantified concentrations" of a number of drugs in his bloodstream

Scott Mackinnon's car swerved into the opposite carriageway of the A814 before hitting the bike of Colin McCourt who was cycling home from work. The High Court in Edinburgh had heard that Mr McCourt, 40, who was returning to Dumbarton from his job as a mechanical engineer at the Clyde naval base at Faslane, was "highly visible" on his bike at the time of the collision.Mackinnon's Volkswagen Golf partially mounted a footpath before striking Mr McCourt's bike. His vehicle also struck another car before the Golf overturned and landed on its roof.

He was described as having "slurred" speech and being incoherent and appeared to fall asleep on the way to a police station.Mr McCourt suffered serious head and chest injuries in the fatal incident.

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