- Hannah Evans mounted the pavement and mowed down a male pedestrian
- Dog walker suffered brain bruising as well as fractures to his skull and his ribs
- Nurse’s barrister said all drivers have been guilty of ‘momentary inattention’
A nurse who mowed down a pedestrian has avoided jail because the 25-year-old mother was distracted by her sick daughter.
Hannah Evans ploughed into the dog walker when she looked away from the road while driving.
The parent, from Loughor, was trying to care for her child when the accident happened.
Evans – pictured – was momentarily distracted by her daughter being ill and ended up mowing down a pedestrian
The victim fractured his skill as well as his ribs and bruised his brain, The Sun reports.
Evans mounted the pavement after driving round a bend and sent the pedestrian rolling down the road.
Evans – pictured – was spared jail despite leaving her victim with a fractured skull and ribs as well as bruising to his brain
The specialist burns nurse walked free from Swansea Crown Court, where barrister David Scutt said her ‘momentary inattention’ was something that happened to all drivers.
‘She was a mother who turned to attend to her daughter in the back seat of the car,’ he said.
Evans told police she turned to tend to her daughter moments before the accident because the child wasn’t feeling well.
When she turned around, the driver saw the pedestrian at the pavement’s edge, causing her to brake and swerve, but she still hit him. Evans admitted careless driving.
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