Pensioner who hit OAP with car cleared of causing death by careless driving
dailyrecord.co.ukA 79-year-old woman who fatally injured an elderly pedestrian has been cleared of causing her death by driving carelessly. Muriel Charman struck Pamela Cochrane, 78, when she tried to cross the road after a shopping trip and she died in hospital a few hours later.
Charman told police immediately after the crash : "I didn't see her. I can't understand how I didn't see her." In a joint minute read to court, Charman admitted knocking down Ms Cochrane near her Dundee home and that the injuries led directly to her death later the same day.
Fiscal depute John Adams told the death by careless driving trial at Dundee Sheriff Court : "The following facts are agreed, proved and admitted to evidence. "On 12 November 2019 at 5.03 pm the accused, Muriel Charman, was driving a black Citroen C3 in Glamis Road, Dundee, when she collided with Pamela Cochrane, who was a pedestrian on the road."Pamela Cochrane died as a result of injuries she sustained in the collision.
Her life was pronounced extinct at 10.55 pm. A post-mortem examination was carried out."The cause of death was ruled to be multiple injuries, blunt force trauma, pedestrian struck by a car."He submitted photographs showing damage to the accused's car, along with CCTV footage taken from the Spar store next to the junction where the collision happened."The accused provided a negative specimen.
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