Khia Whitehead trial: Cop at wheel of speeding patrol car which hit boy, 15, while on 999 call out tells jury 'no words can ever express' how sorry she is
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA police officer at the wheel of a speeding patrol car which crashed into a boy of 15 while responding to a 999 call - causing the lad catastrophic brain injuries - has admitted to a jury her driving was careless.
But PC Sarah De Meulemeester denied her driving was dangerous. With the boy's family watching on, she told court: "There's no words that can ever begin to say how sorry I am, how sorry I am this happened.
There's nothing that can make it right." READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community She had been driving above the speed limit and on the wrong side of a traffic island before she struck Khia Whitehead, 15, on Garners Lane in Adswood, Stockport, late on Boxing Day, 2020, as she responded to a report a man with a knife was attacking his mother, according to the prosecution.
The youngster was left in a persistent vegetative state following the smash. The teenager was standing in the hatched area behind the island with a friend when another police car, with its blue lights on, sped past on its way to the domestic incident.
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