Baby girl killed when ‘driverless car slammed into pram after family friend switched on engine before exiting vehicle’

A BABY miss was killed erstwhile a driverless car deed her pram aft a household person switched connected the motor earlier exiting the vehicle, a tribunal heard.

Sophia Kelemen was preparing to permission Tenby successful Wales pursuing a household vacation erstwhile the calamity unfolded.

The six-month-old was successful her puschair successful a car parkland erstwhile she was struck by a Nissan Qashqui.

Flaviu Naghi, 33, has been charged with causing Sophia's decease by unsafe driving.

Swansea Crown Court heard helium wasn't successful the car erstwhile the "terrible accident" took place.

Dean Pulling, defending, said Naghi had been fixed the keys to the car to crook connected the motor to lukewarm the Nissan up.

The tribunal was told the car had been parked by idiosyncratic other who allegedly near the handbrake disconnected and the conveyance successful gear.

When Naghi switched connected the engine, the car lurched guardant and struck Sophia, Mr Pulling said.

He added: "At nary constituent was helium successful the driver's seat."

Naghi was remanded into custody to next look astatine the aforesaid tribunal connected March 21.

He is charged with causing decease by unsafe driving, driving without a licence and without insurance.

The horror unfolded connected January 2 connected the crushed level of the multi-storey car park.

Sophia, from Leigh successful Manchester, was airlifted to infirmary but tragically couldn't beryllium saved and died a time later.

An inquest opening heard the babe died of an "intracranial haemorrhage" caused by a roadworthy postulation collision.

Sophia's dada Alex antecedently told of his devastation and said she volition ever "live successful my heart".

He said: "Just earlier we got to the car, the fearfulness movie started. It's hard to cognize and to deliberation astir what happened.

"It's been horrific to spot our small girl being successful that furniture and spell done each those procedures.

"Everybody loved her, each of our friends, our friends."