Banned driver admits serious smash in Sunderland's Mowbray Road that injured police dogs and officer
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A banned driver has admitted causing a serious road smash that left a police officer and his dogs injured.
John McCabe, 30, smashed a Vauxhall Corsa into a police dog van on Mowbray Road, Sunderland, on December 30.A police officer suffered broken ribs and got a shard of glass in his eye while his three dogs in the back of a van needed examination by a vet.