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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 crash scene near her Colinton home on 30 May. | Olivia Donachie died at the crash scene near her Colinton home on 30 May. |
| 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. |
| Jackson was high on valium, heroin and methadone when he drove his vehicle. Sentence at the High Court in Edinburgh has been deferred for a month. | |
| The court heard how Jackson slashed his wrists when he was taken into police custody. | The court heard how Jackson slashed his wrists when he was taken into police custody. |
| Leg amputated | Leg amputated |
| He had been driving a Jeep Cherokee with defective brakes when it hit the Donachies. | He 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. |
| Olivia's mother Rachel was critically injured and had to have a leg amputated after the crash. | Olivia's mother Rachel was critically injured and had to have a leg amputated after the crash. |
| Mrs Donachie and Olivia, who attended nursery at Bonaly Primary School, were struck just yards from their home in Westgarth Avenue. | 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. | Eyewitnesses described the accident scene as shocking and said the child was trapped at the front of the vehicle. |
| There was also a passenger in the car, who was questioned but never charged. |