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Apr 2023
A woman has been fined for a collision in Killinghall which left a father of young children with serious injuries.
Susan Marshall hit the man with her car as he used the pedestrian crossing near the Tesco Express shop in the village at around 5.15pm on Monday, January 30 this year.
She pleaded guilty to causing serious injury by careless driving at Harrogate Magistrates' Court today.
The man, who was named in court, had to be taken to hospital by ambulance. His ankle was broken in several places and he had significant bruising to his hip, as well as a haematoma on his brain.
He had to have an operation to insert two plates into his ankle and was kept in hospital for four days for observation.
The cast on his ankle had only recently been removed and he was still having physiotherapy, the court heard.
Prosecutor Alison Whiteley said:
He told the court she had worked as a carer for 30 years and, faced with losing her licence, was determined to continue in her job, despite a two-mile walk from her home in Town Street, Shaw Mills, to the nearest bus route.
Magistrates imposed a £500 fine, £200 victim surcharge and £85 costs on Ms Marshall, along with a 12-month driving ban.
They said compensation for the victim was not for the court to decide and would be arranged through their insurance companies.
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