US fugitive who fled country after horror crash but was extradited to UK pleads guilty

A man who fled the country after a horror car crash has appeared in after being .

US national , 23, today pleaded guilty to causing injury by dangerous driving and driving uninsured. He was arrested by US police on an extradition warrant in July, almost a year after Elizabeth Donowho, 57, was left with multiple fractures following the crash near Shucknall, Hereford. Calderon had flown back to shortly before he was due in court last December.

But yesterday, he was remanded in custody after appearing before magistrates in Kidderminster, Worcs. He will be sentenced at crown court on November 7. Ms Donowho, a nurse from Malvern, Worcs, fractured both her ankles, her sternum and her right hand in the crash. Her lawyer Radd Seiger called Calderon’s guilty plea “a historic moment”.

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He said: “We all know America is highly reluctant to extradite nationals and we have had to move heaven and Earth to make that happen. It is a minor miracle to see the defendant back in our jurisdiction.”

Prosecutor Kate Leonard said: “We worked closely with the US to ensure our extradition request was expedited.”