A police officer has admitted killing a girl after he struck her whereas rushing in his patrol van.
PC Jamie Hamill, 32, was driving a Ford Transit when he hit and fatally injured mom Margaret McCarron, 58, in Motherwell in September 2021.
Mrs McCarron suffered extreme chest and neck accidents and died quickly after arriving at hospital.
At Hamilton Sheriff Courtroom yesterday Hamill, of Strathaven, Lanarkshire, admitted inflicting dying by careless driving.
Prosecutors stated he was driving at 39mph in a 30mph zone when he hit Mrs McCarron as she crossed Merry Road close to her dwelling to go to a close-by storage.
The court docket heard Hamill had been pursuing a automotive along with his van’s blue lights on because it flagged up as not having insurance coverage.
Nonetheless, he overlooked it after which headed in the direction of the proprietor’s deal with in Belshill. However as he made his method by way of Motherwell, having switched off the emergency lights, he hit Mrs McCarron at round 8.15pm.
Depute fiscal Niall MacLeod stated: ‘The accused acquired out of the van to assist, he gave her CPR, radioed for assist and was heard saying, ‘Somebody walked in entrance of the van’.’
Margaret McCarron suffered extreme chest and neck accidents and died quickly after arriving at hospital after being hit by a police automobile in Motherwell in 2021
PC Jamie Hamill was rushing in a marked Ford transit van when he hit and killed Mrs McCarron (file picture)
The court docket was instructed Mrs McCarron was consuming earlier than the accident however her husband denied she had been drunk.
The prosecutor stated Hamill was ‘visibly upset’ and that consultants had agreed the lights from oncoming vehicles may have impacted his skill to see Mrs McCarron on the highway.
In a press release the McCarron household stated: ‘We welcome the conviction however stay annoyed it has taken this lengthy. The officer may have admitted his guilt far earlier and saved our household from the added trauma of pointless delays.’
Sheriff Louise Gallacher deferred sentence on Hamill till December 18 and continued bail. He was disqualified from driving within the meantime.
Assistant Chief Constable Stuart Houston stated: ‘We’re conscious of the result in court docket, and the matter can be thought of by the Skilled Requirements Division for misconduct proceedings.’
