Woman, 70, who killed baby girl in horror crash after smashing into her pram outside a hospital is jailed
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A WOMAN has been jailed for killing a baby girl in a horror crash after smashing into her pram outside a hospital. Mabli Cariad Hall was struck by the car at Withybush Hospital in Pembrokeshire, Wales, in June last year. The eight-month-old was airlifted to Bristol Children's Hospital but tragically couldn't be saved and died four days later.
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Bridget Curtis, 70, has now been jailed for four years after admitting a charge of causing death by dangerous driving. Swansea Crown Court heard the horror unfolded at around 11.50am on June 21 after a BMW crashed into Mabli and another pedestrian. Curtis' daughter was struggling to find her handbag in the rear of the vehicle with Curtis unlocking the door and turning round to assist her.
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As she did so, Curtis pressed the accelerator of the automatic car - which had been left running and was not in park mode - "right to the ground", the judge said. The vehicle propelled forward, reaching speeds of more than 29mph as it travelled just 28 metres - mounting the kerb of a grass seating area and hitting the pushchair of Mabli.
Mabli had just said a final goodbye to her paternal grandmother Betty Hall who was receiving end-of-life care at the hospital. She was taken to the hospital's accident and emergency department before being airlifted to the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, then transferred to Bristol Children's Hospital.
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