A man who left a child with life-changing injuries after he drove over her while he was reversing into a driveway has been given a 12-month suspended sentence.
Dariusz Skowronski (47) didn’t see the three-year-old when she was scooting past the driveway, as she was not visible above the rear window of his car. He initially struck her and felt an impact and while he applied the brakes and stopped the car for a number of seconds, he then continued reversing.
It was only after he got out of his vehicle that he realised he had run over the child.
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