US honeymooner found guilty of careless driving

An American honeymooner, arrested for taking a wrong turn in Cork, found himself before the district court yesterday.

Wesley Pruitt, from Idaho, got disorientated after a long day’s driving and collided with another car as he drove out of a garage.

Mr Pruitt’s wife suffered minor injuries and one of the people in the other car sustained three broken ribs, Inspector Finbarr O’Sullivan said yesterday at Cork District Court.