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Tragic Car Crash Leaves Six-Month-Old Baby Fatally Injured

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A devastating car crash has left a six-month-old baby, Harry, fatally injured after he was not properly secured in the backseat of his mother's car. Morgan Kiely, 22, of Ryde Avenue, Clacton, is on trial for manslaughter, alongside Stevie Steel, who has admitted to causing death by careless driving while over the drink drive limit. The tragic incident occurred on July 13, 2022, in Cherry Tree Road, Clacton, after Kiely and Steel returned from a day at the beach where they had been drinking Prosecco.

Key Takeaways:

  • Morgan Kiely, 22, denies manslaughter after her six-month-old son Harry died in a car crash on July 13, 2022.
  • Stevie Steel, 19 at the time, has admitted to causing death by careless driving while over the drink drive limit.
  • The child's seat had not been strapped properly into the seatbelt, and Harry wasn't strapped into the seat correctly at the time of the crash.
  • Prosecution alleges that Kiely and Steel were both intoxicated after drinking Prosecco on the beach before the crash.
  • Mitchell Bassett, former partner of Stevie Steel, testified that Kiely and Steel didn't seem drunk, just "tipsy and happy" when they met on the beach.
  • Neighbors who witnessed the crash heard a "loud bang" when Steel's Ford Focus hit the corner of a parked car in Cherry Tree Avenue.
  • Trained paediatric nurse Sharon Hamilton stated that Harry had a "massive head injury" and that both Kiely and Steel confirmed they had been drinking at the scene.

Statistics:

  • Harry was six months old at the time of the fatal car crash.
  • The incident occurred on July 13, 2022.
  • Kiely claimed she was 19 years old when the crash occurred.
  • Steel previously admitted to causing death by careless driving while over the drink drive limit.
  • The child's seat had not been properly secured in the backseat at the time of the crash.
  • CPR was administered for over an hour before Harry was taken to hospital where he later died at about 9pm.

Sources:

  • "Trial of 'killer driver' who left baby to die after beach booze-fest" (Daily Mirror, 2023, exact date not specified)
  • Court document from Chelmsford Crown Court hearing
  • Essex Police report on fatal car crash (2022, exact date July 13, 2022)

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