Student who knocked woman into ditch has her hit-and-run prison term cut on appeal

Wexford Circuit Court had heard that Pamela Levingston moved in as much as she could from oncoming traffic, but was struck by the car being driven by Chloe Bates, who did not stop. File photo: iStock

A Wexford commerce student jailed for careless driving causing serious bodily harm to a woman out walking her dogs on a country road had her sentence cut on appeal today.

The Gorey pedestrian, who is in her 60s, was thrown over a ditch at Millands, Gorey, Co Wexford, and was left lying seriously injured for an hour before being discovered.