Moments after the impact Foulser was seen in floods of tears and hysterics at the roadside saying: “I want my dad - I can’t believe I’ve just killed someone.”
She told one onlooker: “Two kids were messing about around the junction. I revved my engine to scare them because they were messing about.”
Tests showed she was travelling at 35mph at the time of impact on the 30mph Preston New Road, at Marton, near Blackpool, Lancashire.
Mrs Monk’s widower George, 76, was left so inconsolable by his wife’s death he refused to sleep in their bedroom and died in August.
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In mitigation defence counsel Wayne Jackson said: “This is a momentary lapse of judgment, by somebody who is new to driving. The two pedestrians had hidden Mrs Monks from view beyond the crossing.
“My client has demonstrated genuine and substantial remorse and has been significantly traumatised by what took place. She has apologised every day in her head. She was a talented artist, described in testimonials as gifted, but humble.
“People say that since the accident, she has become a changed person and retreated into her shell. It’s quite clear the devastating effect this has had on the living as well and that is something she will have to live with for the rest of her life.”
- Driver who revved at pedestrians in frustration accidentally killed great grandmother, Telegraph.co.uk, November 11, 2013.
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