A woman has been given a suspended jail sentence after overtaking two vehicles in dark conditions before colliding with a motorcyclist who suffered horrific injuries and lost a leg. Rowena Ledgeway, 33, was driving her VW Golf on the A59 between Harrogate and York when the horror crash occurred at about 5.45am on November 24, 2022, York Crown Court heard. Mr Saville, from York, suffered catastrophic injuries including a broken shoulder blade, a fractured elbow, a broken forearm, multiple fractures to his hand and a leg wound to his right thigh from which the bone was protruding through the skin and a seriously injured lower leg which was sticking out at an abnormal angle. He was taken by ambulance to Leeds General Infirmary’s emergency department where he underwent 20 hours of surgery and ultimately had a leg amputated below the knee. Ledgeway was originally charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving but denied the allegation and, following negotiations between prosecution and defence counsel and the evidence of an expert witness, this was ultimately downgraded to causing serious injury by careless driving.