A DUTCH driver who caused a terrible crash in Dorset after driving on the wrong side of the road has said he thinks about the injuries he caused every day.

Stuart Campbell had to have his right leg amputated as a result of the crash on August 10 2015 on the B3078 at Horton.

Frederik Van Harten’s left-hand drive Renault van was in the wrong carriageway when it collided with a VW campervan - also left-hand drive - being driven by Mr Campbell.

Van Harten, 55, was found guilty of careless driving yesterday following a trial at Bournemouth Crown Court.

The court heard Mr Campbell, a 46-year-old married man with two young children, had his right leg amputated, his left leg was badly broken and he suffered broken teeth and a broken nose in the crash.

He has since been fitted with a prosthetic leg and has had to learn to walk again.

A tearful Van Harten told the jury that the injuries Mr Campbell had suffered as a result of the crash were “still on his mind every day”.

He said: “I have to say this is the worst part of the accident because I realise what I caused and I realise it’s never over. This trial will soon be over but what I caused to him and his family will never be over.

“It is still on my mind every day. I know for myself what a disability means and the impact it can have on a person’s life.”

The court heard how Van Harten has suffered from a type of muscle wastage disease his whole life.

After retiring a few years ago he now volunteers as a driver for a ‘care farm’ in his home city of Arnhem in Holland where he transports people with physical and mental disabilities.

The court heard that he was in Dorset as part of a 10-day road trip he was taking around England with a friend.

Van Harten had driven from Holland to Calais before boarding the ferry to Dover. The first stop on the trip was the St.Leonards Hotel in Ringwood.

The court heard that in the three days before the crash Van Harten had driven the pair to Salisbury, Stonehenge and through the New Forest without any problems.

In court Van Harten read out a letter he had written to Mr Campbell and his wife expressing how sorry he was for what had happened.

Van Harten was given a £400 fine, and ordered to pay a £40 victim surcharge and £160 prosecution costs. He was also given eight penalty points which will be held on record with the DVLA.