Girl hit by car on 'dark winter's night'

A GIRL pedestrian ended up with a hairline fracture of an arm after being struck by a vehicle driven by a Ballycastle woman on a "dark winter's night", North Antrim Magistrates Court in Coleraine was told on Wednesday of last week.
By The Newsroom
Published 9th Jun 2010, 15:06 BST

Mary Margaret Joanne McGivern (24), of Carnduff Road, was given three penalty points and fined 200 for driving without due care and attention on November 30 last year at Whitepark Road near Ballycastle.

A prosecutor said police spoke to the defendant and she said she was earlier involved in a road traffic collision on the Whitepark Road earlier when she heard a "thud" as she drove along.

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She told police she went back and saw an injured pedestrian and took her home before going to her own home and got in touch with the PSNI.

She said she did not report the accident immediately because she did not have a mobile phone with her and there was a car driving behind her.

It turned out the girl had a hairline fracture to her arm, the court was told.

A defence solicitor said it was a dark winter's night and the injured girl was walking along the road and after hearing a bang McGivern was unable to get stopped there and then.

But, the solicitor added, she returned and brought the girl back home to her mother and the girl said she had a sore arm and it was only later it transpired it was a hairline fracture.

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