Man held by police over alleged involvement in M8 crash appears in court over separate domestic matter

A man held by police amid his alleged involvement in a motorway crash appeared at court accused of a later domestic matter.

Dylan Hood, 27, was arrested by police at his partner’s property in Glasgow’s Bridgeton on July 25 2024.

He had earlier been in custody the previous day after a collision took place on the city’s M8.

A Mercedes A45 collided with an unmarked Volvo S90 police car and a Mercedes CLS, which were on the hard shoulder of the eastbound carriageway.

Seven men, including two police officers, were taken by ambulance to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital and Glasgow Royal Infirmary in relation to the crash.

Hospital staff describe the condition of a 48-year-old police officer, 43-year-old man, and a 39-year old man as critical.

The condition of a 38-year-old police officer and a 33-year-old man are described as serious. A further man is being treated for minor injuries.

Hood appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Friday for an alleged matter the day after the crash where he made no plea.

It is claimed that he behaved in a threatening or abusive manner towards the woman.

The charge says he climbed up onto a balcony and entered the property when he was uninvited.

Allegations state Hood went to sleep in her bed and he allowed himself to be discovered there by her causing her alarm.

Hood, of Livingston, West Lothian, faces a separate charge of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner towards police officers at the flat.

It is claimed he repeatedly shouted and swore at officers as well as refused to desist when asked to do so.

A third charge alleges Hood resisted, obstructed or hindered officers by flailing his arms above his head, tensing his body and pulled his arms to the front of his body in an attempt to avoid the application of handcuffs.

The fiscal depute asked for bail not to be granted and claimed that Hood was a flight risk.

Declan O’Keefe, defending, replied: “These are allegations at this stage…this was the address that he was living at.

“I’m bewildered that he is a flight risk as he is a man born and raised in Glasgow. He has only left the country a handful of times on holiday. It’s not true.”

Sheriff Owen Mullan granted Hood bail to his mother’s address in Livingston and imposed a bail condition that he not contact the woman or enter her property.

A further hearing has been fixed for next month.