A banned motorist knocked down a 15-year-old boy before telling him “your problem, not mine” and driving off, a court heard.
Jan Kozlowski is the first person in Scotland to be charged under new motoring laws criminalising causing serious injury while driving disqualified.
Dundee Sheriff Court heard that Kozlowski, who was employed as a labourer, had been disqualified for drink driving last June but had not told his bosses.
Depute fiscal Eilidh Robertson said Kozlowski was driving a van with his brother as a passenger at around 6.20pm when the boy, who was with three friends, crossed the road in front of him.
Miss Robertson said: “He stepped out from between parked cars into the middle of Pitkerro Road, where he was struck by the van driven by the accused.
“The accused did not swerve or sound his horn. The accused began to brake once hitting the boy, who remained on the bonnet of his van until the van came to a stop and he fell onto the roadway.”
The boy was helped onto the pavement by friends.
Miss Robertson said: “The accused assisted in helping the boy to his feet, but said ‘your problem, not mine’, before getting back in his vehicle and driving away.”
The court heard the boy had sustained a broken ankle and had to wear a plaster cast for six weeks.
Kozlowski, 40, a prisoner at Perth admitted causing serious injury to the boy by driving a van while disqualified on Pitkerro Road on July 9.
He also admitted driving while disqualified and without insurance.
Sheriff Tom Hughes deferred sentence until February 5 and remanded Kozlowski in custody