A YOUNG Celtic fan from Greenock was left unable to walk for two days after she was dragged along a supporters bus by a car, a court has heard.

The 14-year-old suffered a hip injury after she was struck in Glasgow's Parkhead on November 5 2022.

The schoolgirl had earlier attended Celtic's 4-2 win over Dundee United with her father.

She told Glasgow Sheriff Court that she was waiting to board a Greenock supporters club bus when a car drove towards her.

The girl stated that the blue Audi initially drove over her father's foot before the vehicle dragged her along the outer of the bus.

Glasgow Sheriff CourtGlasgow Sheriff Court (Image: NQ)

Theresa McKinlay, 34, stood trial accused of careless driving.

She also faced a charge of failing to give her name and address after an accident occurred in the presence of a car she was allegedly driving.

McKinlay, of the city's Crookston, was acquitted after she was unable to be identified by witnesses.

The court heard from the girl who gave evidence from behind a screen.

She stated that she walked alongside hundreds of fans to Nuneaton Street with her dad back to the supports bus to Greenock.

The witness stated that they waited to board with the entry door facing out towards the road.

The incident happened near Celtic's stadium in the east end of GlasgowThe incident happened near Celtic's stadium in the east end of Glasgow (Image: Street View)

She said: "I saw a car coming - I was afraid as I don't think cars should be coming down."

Prosecutor Ramsay Cunningham asked where the car went.

The girl replied: "The car turned a little bit and that's when it ran over my dad's foot and then it got me.

"The car came into my left hip and put me against the bus then kept driving.

"I was turning with the car due to how close it was to the bus."

The girl added that she was hit by the side of the car as well as the wing mirror.

She stated that the incident lasted between 10 and 15 seconds and that it made her feel 'scared'.

The girl was later taken to hospital by her mother but was discharged.

However, she returned to hospital the next day as her hip injury got worse.

She said: "They didn't know what was wrong, it was a big lump and I couldn't really walk for a couple of days."

Jim Bready, defending, put it to the witness that the car was 'crawling'.

The girl stated "No, it wasn't really slow, it wasn't fast but normal speed."

The girl's father told the court that he 'shouted and bawled' at the driver before she drove off.

He claimed that the driver told him that he was 'exaggerating and dramatic'.

The man was unable to identify the driver.

Mr Bready's no case to answer submission to Sheriff Lesley Dowdalls over a lack of identification evidence was upheld and McKinlay was acquitted of both charges.