{"id":189980,"date":"2023-12-20T17:50:25","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T17:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/?p=189980"},"modified":"2023-12-20T17:50:25","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T17:50:25","slug":"mother-of-three-killed-woman-in-car-crash-while-trying-to-call-her-dad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/world-news\/mother-of-three-killed-woman-in-car-crash-while-trying-to-call-her-dad\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother-of-three killed woman in car crash while trying to call her dad"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Mother-of-three, 36, killed woman while trying to make hands-free call on her way to pick up Covid-hit child from school, court hears<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Emma Farrelly crashed into another car as she tried to pull onto the A20 in Kent\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>A passenger in the other car, Joyce Wright, was seriously injured and later died<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b>&#8216;Distracted&#8217; Farrelly had been attempting to make a hands-free call to her father<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mother-of-three, 36, killed woman while trying to make hands-free call on her way to pick up Covid-hit child from school, court hears<\/p>\n<p>A mother-of-three killed another woman when she crashed into her car while trying to make a hands-free phone call.<\/p>\n<p>Emma Farrelly, 36, was on her way to pick up one of her children, who had Covid, from school on July 8, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Driving along a village high street, she attempted to pull onto the A20 in Kent, but her Renault Scenic collided with a Ford Focus already travelling along the busy road.<\/p>\n<p>Joyce Wright, a passenger in the other car, suffered serious injuries and died two weeks later in hospital.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/20\/15\/79175363-12886063-image-a-1_1703086008260.jpg\" height=\"509\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Emma Farrelly (pictured) has admitted to causing death by careless driving after she crashed into another car on the A20 in Kent, killing a passenger in that car, Joyce Wright<\/p>\n<p>It then emerged that Farrelly, from Charing, Kent had been trying to ring her father at the time of the crash.<\/p>\n<p>Her barrister said it had been a hands-free call, but a prosecutor argued she was &#8216;distracted&#8217; regardless.<\/p>\n<p>Farrelly was charged with causing death by careless driving, which she admitted to at Folkestone Magistrates Court.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutor Julie Farbrace said: &#8216;She was driving the vehicle and trying to make a phone call and was distracted by that.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;She drove to the junction and T-boned the car Joyce Wright was in.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Mrs Wright suffered great, significant injuries. She had some underlying health issues and died later.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Ms Farbrace argued that the nature of the crash put it in the highest level of culpability for the charge of causing death by dangerous driving.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, magistrates deemed their sentencing powers insufficient and sent the case to Canterbury Crown Court.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/20\/16\/79175371-12886063-Farrelly_pictured_was-a-11_1703090422707.jpg\" height=\"531\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Farrelly (pictured), who was attempting to make a hands-free call to her father at the time of the crash, now faces a sentence of between two and four years behind bars.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Farbrace explained: &#8216;The starting point for this category is two years&#8217; custody so it needs to go to the crown court. The offence can carry up to four years&#8217; custody.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Russell Morling, defending, argued that Farrelly had not been talking on the phone at the time of the crash, but had in fact been trying to make a hands-free call to her father.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;She couldn&#8217;t get through and the phone was in her back pocket. It was a new car.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;She crossed over the junction and hit the car coming left to right.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;She never intended to do that and was going to the school from the local area. It was near her children&#8217;s primary school in Egerton.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was thought Mrs Wright was going to make a full recovery.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Farrelly, who has no previous convictions, was bailed to be sentenced at a later date at Canterbury Crown Court.<\/p>\n<p>She was also given an interim driving ban.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12886063\/mum-killed-making-hands-free-call-picking-son-covid-school.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mother-of-three, 36, killed woman while trying to make hands-free call on her way to pick up Covid-hit child from school,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189979,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mother-of-three killed woman in car crash while trying to call her dad - 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