Wheelchair-bound driver, 96, is oldest woman in UK to admit death by dangerous driving
A 76-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene after the tragic accident, in August 2023.
A 96-year-old woman who killed a pensioner after her car mounted the pavement has admitted a charge of causing death by dangerous driving.
June Mills, of Ainsdale, Merseyside, sat in her wheelchair in the public gallery of the courtroom, with her husband behind her, to enter the plea at the Liverpool Crown Court hearing on Tuesday.
She admitted causing the death of Brenda Joyce, 76, on Elbow Lane in Formby on August 2 last year.
Tom Gent, mitigating, said Mills, of previous good character, was only able to walk a few paces and would be unlikely to be fit to carry out unpaid work.
He said her mobility had worsened since the collision when he said she mounted the kerb because she applied too much accelerator while driving her Vauxhall Corsa.
He said: "The accelerator pedal fell down beneath her foot, she panicked and failed to react to that.
"She accepts by her plea that was driving that was far below standard."
Recorder of Liverpool Andrew Menary KC adjourned the hearing until September 30, when Mills will be sentenced.
Following the collision last August, Merseyside Police said a 76-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene after sustaining a serious head injury and another pedestrian, an 80-year-old woman, suffered slight injuries.
