Mum’s ‘gut-wrenching’ screams after daughter, 6 months, hit and killed by car in multi-storey car park

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Mum’s ‘gut-wrenching’ screams after daughter, 6 months, hit and killed by car in multi-storey car park
Author: Jonathan Rose
Published: Jan, 07 2025 11:05

A DISTRAUGHT mum screamed after her six-month-old baby was killed in a car park, a witness has said. Sophie Kelemen, was taken to hospital in a critical condition after a collision on the ground floor of the multi-storey car park in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, on January 2.

 [The six-month-old baby died days after she was struck by a suspected dangerous driver]
Image Credit: The Sun [The six-month-old baby died days after she was struck by a suspected dangerous driver]

Dyfed-Powys Police yesterday confirmed she died of her injuries on January 3. Flaviu Naghi, 33, from Wigan, was charged with causing death by dangerous driving, driving without a licence and without insurance. Witnesses described hearing "sickening screams" coming from the concrete building.

 [The driver who killed Sophia Kelemen has been charged with death by dangerous driving]
Image Credit: The Sun [The driver who killed Sophia Kelemen has been charged with death by dangerous driving]

One said: "We could hear the baby's mother crying. "It was absolutely gut-wrenching.". Simran Jit Singhm, 24, was on his break in a fish and chip shop next-door when the tragedy unfolded and ran to see what happened. He said: "The father was being comforted by a man saying that his daughter would be okay.".

 [Baby Sophia was hit in a seaside car park in Tenby, Pembrokeshire]
Image Credit: The Sun [Baby Sophia was hit in a seaside car park in Tenby, Pembrokeshire]

A Dyfed-Powys Police spokeswoman said: "Sadly, we can confirm that a six-month-old baby girl has died following a collision on the ground floor of the multi-storey car park in Tenby on January 2. "Sophia Kelemen, from the Leigh, Manchester, area was taken to hospital but died of her injuries on January 3.

 [Tributes have flooded in for baby Sophia and her family]
Image Credit: The Sun [Tributes have flooded in for baby Sophia and her family]

"Our thoughts remain with her family at this difficult time. "They are being supported by specially-trained officers.". Naghi was charged and remanded to appear before Swansea Magistrates' Court on Saturday January 4. He was further remanded to appear before Swansea Crown Court on February 7.

 [Sophia's family are being supported by specially trained officers, according to cops]
Image Credit: The Sun [Sophia's family are being supported by specially trained officers, according to cops]

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