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Grandmother seeks to downgrade charge over toddler’s death in Sturt Highway crash, court told
A grandmother accused of causing the death of her two-year-old granddaughter in a car crash is seeking to downgrade the charge against her, the Adelaide Magistrates Court has heard.
Key points:
- Valda Patricia Porter was charged following the July crash
- A court has heard her lawyer and the prosecution are in negotiations over the charge
- The case will return to court in February
Semaphore Park woman Valda Patricia Porter was driving along the Sturt Highway when her car hit a parked truck at the intersection with Job Road at Shea-Oak Log, north-east of Gawler, in July.
Her two-year-old granddaughter from Grange was one of the passengers in the car and was killed in the crash.
A six-year-old girl who was also a passenger in the car sustained…
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