A PROLIFIC dangerous driver who left a man for dead after colliding with him - before going on the run for over four months - is set to spend the next six years behind bars.

Kallum Flowers, 35, of Masefield Road, West Melton, appeared at Sheffield Crown Court to face the consequences of his actions after he left a 28-year-old man with life altering injuries in 2023.

On June 22, Flowers drove at speed down Packman Road in his white Ford Transit van, failing to stop at the red lights before colliding with Joshua Lloyd who was driving a Seat Leon.

Due to the sheer speed that Flowers was driving at, the Seat was forced 60 metres down the road and into a stone wall.

The driver’s door was ripped off during the collision and Joshua was thrown out of the vehicle and onto the ground.

He sustained critical injuries during the collision and is still receiving around-the-clock medical care and is unable to return home.

Following the incident, 30-year-old Hannah Costello, also of Masefield Road, assisted Flowers by picking him up so he could go on the run.

A manhunt began following an investigation being launched by South Yorkshire Police’s serious collisions unit - but Flowers was nowhere to be found.

He went on the run for over four months and was even involved in a fail-to-stop pursuit with West Yorkshire Police.

During that incident, he collided with a woman in South Kirby and left her with serious injuries.

Unable to hide forever, on November 2, Flowers was arrested by officers at an address in the Shiregreen area of Sheffield and charged with causing serious injuries by dangerous driving, failing to stop and failing to report.

He appeared for sentencing at Sheffield Crown Court on Friday after pleading guilty to all three offences.

He was sentenced for these offences, as well as further charges related to the incident in West Yorkshire.

He was handed a six-and-a-half year custodial sentence and disqualified from driving for eight years and three months.

Costello, who was charged with dangerous driving and assisting an offender, was sentenced to two years and three months in prison, suspended for two years.

She was also handed a 12-month ban from driving and told to undertake 150 hours of unpaid work.

Serious Collisions Unit Sergeant John Taylor said: “Flowers’ actions that evening were appalling and extremely reckless.

“He knowingly and willingly chose to drive through a red light and showed absolutely no regard for the law or other road users.

“Sadly, an innocent member of the community was caught in the crossfire of his actions.

“Joshua sustained significant life changing injuries during the collision and our thoughts remain very much with him and his family today.

“It has been a very difficult period of time for them as their lives have been changed forever by this incident.

“I am pleased that Flowers is now behind bars where he can cause no further harm to our communities.

“We will not tolerate drivers who deliberately ignore the rules of the road and put innocent people at risk.”