Mabli Cariad Hall, who died after a car collided with pedestrians on June 21, 2023, outside Withybush Hospital in Pembrokeshire, west Wales. (Image: Dyfed-Powys Police/PA Wire)

Pensioner killed baby after crashing car as dad was putting her in pram

Bridget Curtis, 70, struck baby Mabli Cariad Hall with her BMW when the car went into a group of pedestrians.

by · Daily Record

A 70-year-old woman has admitted to causing the death of an eight-month-old baby after crashing her car into the child's pram.

Bridget Curtis, 70 , struck baby Mabli Cariad Hall with her BMW outside Withybush Hospital in Pembrokeshire, West Wales, in June 2023. The accident occurred while Mabli's father was placing her in her pushchair.

Mabli was airlifted to the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff for treatment, later being transferred to Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, but tragically passed away four days later on Sunday, June 25.

Curtis, from Begelly, Pembrokeshire, was charged with causing Mabli's death by dangerous driving, reports the Mirror. Judge Geraint Walters granted Curtis unconditional bail ahead of her sentencing at Swansea Crown Court on November 22.

An inquest heard Mabli died from severe traumatic brain injuries. In a statement after her inquest was opened and adjourned, Mabli's family said: "The loss of Mabli Cariad has changed all our lives forever. The pain and grief we are suffering as a family is indescribable.

Bridget Carole Curtis charged with causing death by driving dangerously more than a year after a baby girl died following a collision outside a hospital. (Image: WalesOnline)

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"During this terribly painful time, we still have no answer to the central question we inevitably ask regarding the tragic loss of our beautiful baby girl - 'Why did this happen?'

"The opening of this inquest and the ongoing efforts of Dyfed-Powys police will hopefully provide the information we need to answer this question. As a family, we also hope that the outcome of this process will help reduce the risk of such a tragedy happening to others in future."

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