Drug-driver admits causing death of woman, 89

A woman has admitted causing the death of an 89-year-old mobility scooter rider by crashing into her while driving under the influence of drugs in Nottingham city centre.

Doreen Raynor died in hospital after being hit by Rayner Middleton's Audi in Huntingdon Street on 4 March 2023.

The 31-year-old admitted causing death by careless driving on the scheduled first day of her trial at the city's crown court on Monday.

Middleton, of Nelson Road, Arnold, Nottinghamshire, had been found to have an excess of benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine, in her system when the crash happened.

She was handed an interim driving disqualification and is due to be sentenced at the same court on 10 July.

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