A hit-and-run driver who mowed down a five-months-pregnant care home worker and killed her baby boy has been jailed for 13 years.
Renju Joseph, 31, was struck by a car driven at high speed by Ashir Shahid, 20, as she walked on a zebra crossing in Bamber Bridge, near Preston, Lancashire.
The Toyota Prius was estimated to be travelling at between 58mph and 71mph at the time, in dark, wet conditions, in a 30mph zone, Preston Crown Court heard.
Mrs Joseph was taken to hospital from the scene in Station Road in the early evening of September 29, and an emergency C-section was carried out in an attempt to save the life of her son, Olive.
Tragically, her child was born that evening but survived for just a few hours before passing away.
