A 20-year-old man has pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving after he hit a pregnant woman whose baby later died in hospital.

Ashir Shahid, of Windsor Road, Walton le Dale, Lancashire, pleaded guilty to the charge at Preston Crown Court on Wednesday (June 4).

Shahid was driving on Station Road in Bamber Bridge, south of Preston, on the evening of September 29 last year.

A woman in her 30s from Bamber Bridge was on the pedestrian crossing when she was hit. Lancashire Police said she was left with serious injuries and is still recovering.

The woman was pregnant at the time and, despite undergoing emergency surgery to have her baby boy delivered, he tragically later died in hospital.

Following enquires, Shahid was arrested and subsequently charged with causing death by dang

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