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| Driver admits child crash killing | Driver admits child crash killing |
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| A man has pleaded guilty to causing the death of a four-year-old girl and injuring her mother in a hit-and-run incident in Edinburgh. | A man has pleaded guilty to causing the death of a four-year-old girl and injuring her mother in a hit-and-run incident in Edinburgh. |
| Olivia Donachie died at the scene of the incident near her home in Colinton on 30 May. Her mother Rachel had to have a leg amputated after the crash. | Olivia Donachie died at the scene of the incident near her home in Colinton on 30 May. Her mother Rachel had to have a leg amputated after the crash. |
| Daniel Jackson, 31, was charged with culpable homicide and failing to stop after an accident. | Daniel Jackson, 31, was charged with culpable homicide and failing to stop after an accident. |
| He is awaiting sentence at the High Court in Edinburgh. | He is awaiting sentence at the High Court in Edinburgh. |
| Jackson had been driving a Jeep Cherokee with defective brakes when it hit the Donachies. | Jackson had been driving a Jeep Cherokee with defective brakes when it hit the Donachies. |
| The vehicle had been involved in two other accidents earlier that day. | The vehicle had been involved in two other accidents earlier that day. |
| Mrs Donachie and Olivia, who attended nursery at Bonaly Primary School, were struck just yards from their home in Westgarth Avenue. | |
| Eyewitnesses described the accident scene as shocking and said the child was trapped at the front of the vehicle. |