A truck driver who killed a heavy pregnant nurse and mother-of-two and her pregnant child in a horror-fast crash after she was pulled on the hard shoulder is confronted with the prison.
Trevor Norgate, 58, was behind the wheel of his HGV when it ran on the hard shoulder where Evelyn Brown, 41, was put in her Kia Sorento.
Images of De Smash on the M8 Westbound near Hermiston Gait in Edinburgh on December 18, 2023 were captured on the Dashboard of Norgate.
The court heard Norgate, Van Bellshill, Lanarkshire, at that time already had six points on his license for using a mobile phone while he was on his way.
He appeared today in the Dok at High Court in Glasgow, where he pleaded guilty of causing death by dangerous driving.
Evelyn – known as Eve – died of her injuries. She was then 34 weeks pregnant and her unborn baby died too.
Public Prosecutors stated that Norgate 'had allowed himself to be distracted' prior to the collision and that he should have seen Mrs. Brown's vehicle.
He was taken into custody and will be convicted next month if he is in prison.
Evelyn Brown, 41, had two young girls aged three and four and was pregnant with her third child, who did not survive either
Trevor Norgate, 58, was behind the wheel of his HGV when it ran on the hard shoulder
Public Prosecutor Jennifer Cameron told how Mrs. Brown was born in Nigeria and moved to the UK in 2015.
Mrs. Brown worked as an office nurse for a company called Medline and had not long finished a 12 -hour service in the East Lothian Community Hospital in Haddington when the tragedy struck that morning.
The court heard that Mrs. Brown, who had two young girls aged three and four, had sent her sister an SMS to say she was on her way home.
Norgate meanwhile rode his transport company HGV, after he started working that day at 4 am.
He had 'met rest requirements' while he was behind the wheel of his truck.
The court was demonstrated with harrowing images of the collision, which started with Mrs. Brown's stationary car on the hard shoulder with his lights on.
The court was told: 'The HGV began to sail off the track on the hard shoulder.
'The vehicle drove for a period of between seven and eight seconds without corrective measures being taken or braking to change the course of the journey.
'The truck traveled about 88.5 meters on the hard shoulder to the point of impact with the back of Evelyn Brown vehicle.
“It is noted that there is no sound or exclamation in the cabin (of the truck), immediately before the impact was confirmed at that time, did not have his eyes on the road.”
Mrs. Brown worked as a nurse for a company called Medline and had not long had a 12 -hour service in the East Lothian Community Hospital in Haddington (photo) ended when the tragedy struck that morning that morning
The lawyer Depute added Norgate 'should have seen the Kia on the hard shoulder.
Norgate got out immediately and called 999. A passing doctor stopped to give a non -response MS Brown First Aid.
Fire personnel cut her out of the destroyed car before paramedics tried to breathe new life into her, but she had sustained fatal neck and breast injuries and she and her baby died on the spot.
Norgate continued to make a number of comments to the police, including that he was 'moved in his job' for 'something in the way'.
But public prosecutors said there was 'no evidence to substantiate this claim'.
She added, instead the dashboard images showed 'a slow, continuous movement' on the hard shoulder that morning with 'no signs of director interaction'.
Mrs. Brown, also from Bellshill, lived with her wheelchair -bound mother at the time.
She also had a lifelong friend who had moved from Nigeria to be with the nurse.
Her children now live with their father, but return every week to visit their grandmother.
Miss Cameron: 'The family has felt the loss sharply. Mrs. Brown's mother has since been extremely sad and has not been able to attend the court.
“The children, during family visits, often ask when their mother comes home from work.”
David Nicolson, defensive, said that Norgate gave his 'sincere apologies' for what happened.
The KC added: “He did what he can do now and hopefully the relatives can be comforted there.”
Nicolson did not move that Norgate's bail would be continued.
Lord Armstrong postponed the conviction until April 24 in Edinburgh.
A fundraising that was later established in the name of Mrs. Brown quickly raised almost £ 3,000 to help her family.
