Derby mother admits causing the deaths of her two children while drunk in crash on M1
Mary McCann has pleaded guilty to two counts of causing death by careless driving while under the influence of alcohol. Lilly, four, and Smaller, 10, died at the scene of the collision last year.
Thursday 17 February 2022 06:56, UK
A woman from Derby has admitted to causing the deaths of her two children in a crash last August.
Mary McCann, 35, pleaded guilty to two counts of causing death by careless driving while under the influence of alcohol.
Her daughter Lilly, four, and son Smaller, 10, died at the scene of the crash involving a lorry and a car on the M1 near Milton Keynes on 9 August.
She will appear again at Aylesbury Crown Court for sentencing on 25 April.
She faces up to 14 years in prison.
The crash happened between junctions 14 and 15 at around 11:10pm.
A third passenger, a two-year-old girl, was taken to hospital with minor injuries and the lorry driver was not injured.
Sergeant Dominic Mahon, of Thames Valley Police, said: "This was a tragic incident in which two young children lost their lives.
"My thoughts remain with their family at this incredibly difficult time. Thankfully they will not have to go through the ordeal of a trial due to McCann's guilty pleas today."