Shropshire woman receives driving ban over death
A Shropshire woman has been given a hospital order and disqualified from driving after pleading guilty to causing death by dangerous driving while over the legal alcohol limit.
Francine Austin, 54, from Claverley, was behind the wheel of a silver Audi convertible driving along the A458 Bridgnorth Road at Stourton on August 4 last year when the incident occurred.
The victim, Brenda Wilson, a mother of two from Kinver, suffered head injuries and was pronounced dead a short time later at Russells Hall Hospital, another pedestrian was injured and a dog was killed during the crash.
The two women had been walking a dog along a footpath towards Enville.
