A Florey woman who ran over a grandmother in a school car park during a drop-off has been put on good behaviour and had her licence disqualified.
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The victim suffered a fractured right ankle, chipped right hip bone and a broken rib, as a result of the accident next to the Evatt primary school in October last year.
Amitha Christina Jason, 44, pleaded guilty to negligent driving occasioning grievous bodily harm in the ACT Magistrates Court on Thursday.
Court documents said the front of Jason's car had struck the rear of the victim's stationary vehicle as she attempted to park.
The impact caused the victim – who had been leaning into the rear passenger door of her car retrieving a bag – to be knocked to the ground.
Jason then ran over the victim as she lay beside her vehicle.
The offender initially told police she thought her brakes had been faulty and that was the reason she had run over the victim.
But defence lawyer, James Sabharwal, in court on Thursday, said his client had panicked and accidently hit the accelerator instead of the brake after the primary collision.
Mr Sabharwal said it had been a low-end offence and asked the court to impose the minimum driving disqualification as the offender needed her licence.
The prosecution said the accident had caused "life-changing" injuries to the victim and urged the court to impose a harsher disqualification than the minimum three-month period.
Magistrate Peter Dingwall accepted Jason had genuine remorse for the "momentary inattention" and "unintentional action" that caused the accident.
The magistrate said mishaps happen every day, but unfortunately the offender had been in control of a car at the time.
Mr Dingwall accepted the offending had been low range as there had been no speeding or dangerous driving involved.
He convicted her of the offence, disqualified her from driving for three months, sentenced her to sign a one-year good behaviour order with a $500 security, and ordered she pay court costs of $121.