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Larne: Woman pleads guilty to death by careless driving
A woman has pleaded guilty to causing death and grievous bodily injury by careless driving after a crash on the A8 near Ballynure in 2023. 78-year-old Isabel McCormick, of Glendale Park in Larne, admitted causing the death of John Wilson by driving carelessly on the 21 October 2023, and to causing grievous bodily injury to a female on the same date.61-year-old Mr Wilson died in hospital from his injuries, four days after his tractor was in a collision with a blue Ford Fiesta. Two other people were taken to hospital at the time.
Defence counsel told Ballymena Magistrates' Court on Monday that the case would benefit from a pre-sentence report from the probation district judge freed Mrs McCormick and adjourned the plea and sentence to 23 September.
