Woman jailed after crash in Warrington leaves child in induced coma
Now Birdie Trotter is in prison following the incident - which left the defendant 'medically trapped'.The 36-year-old had been driving on Warrington's Birchwood Way with two young children in her car, while she was over the limit for both drink and drugs.
At around 9.30pm on August 30 last year she collided with a Skoda Roomster, travelling in the opposite direction.AS a result of the smash one of the children in Trotter's vehicle sustained a number of serious injuries, including a deep laceration to his forehead, a broken nose, a fracture to his right and left collar bones, and a fracture to the left side of his pelvis. He was placed in an induced coma until 3 September.
The second child suffered bruising, while Trotter was medically trapped inside the vehicle and sustained a fracture to her leg.Meanwhile the Skoda driver, who was pregnant, and a passenger in the vehicle, suffered multiple injuries including cuts and bruises.
Following the incident, Trotter was transported to hospital where tests were conducted. She gave a reading of 137 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood.
This exceeds the legal limit of 80 milligrams. She was also found to have 195 micrograms of Benzoylecgonine (cocaine) per litre of blood, well over the limit of 50 micrograms.Trotter, of Scott Street, Fairfield and Howley, Warrington, went on to admit causing serious injury by dangerous driving, and drink driving and drug driving.
During a hearing at Liverpool Crown Court she was handed a 27-month jail term.In addition she was banned from driving for four years. Police have backed the prison term.PC Jamie Roberts said: "I welcome the custodial sentence handed to Totter. She decided to not only get behind the wheel of a vehicle after drinking alcohol and taking drugs, but also with two young children in the car.'She clearly showed no regard for the safety of those children or the safety of other road users. Her dangerous driving caused a number of injuries to innocent people, most seriously to a child who spent days in an induced coma as a result.'The rules of the road are in place for a reason and I hope Trotter spends her time in custody reflecting on her decisions.'
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