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<\/p>\nA DRIVER who launched a mum the "length of a cricket pitch" when he ploughed into her as she walked with her baby in a pram has been jailed.<\/p>\n
Becky Sharp, 36, was left in a coma for two months after being catapulted into the air "like a ragdoll" during the hit-and-run.<\/p>\n
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She was taking her 11-month-old baby daughter to the park when she was struck by drink-driver Dale Clark.<\/p>\n
The hero mum-of-three managed to push the pram out of the way of Clark's speeding car just in time to save her baby daughter.<\/p>\n
Clark, 38, has now been jailed for three years and eight months after he admitted causing serious injury by dangerous driving, failing to stop at an accident and drink driving.<\/p>\n
In a victim impact statement, Becky's husband Dan described the difficulty of dealing with his children's "pain and confusion" that their mum was not there while she recovered in hospital.<\/p>\n
He added: "Thankfully, our 11-month-old daughter was left unhurt thanks to Becky's instincts to save her life in that moment.<\/p>\n
"But the lives of Becky, our daughters and our family and friends were changed forever when Dale Clark made the decision to leave her for dead in the street.<\/p>\n
"She has missed our daughter's first birthday, first tooth and first steps<\/span> – such precious times all stolen by Dale Clark.<\/p>\n "The whole period feels like a lifetime and I still don't know if I will be able to rebuild our life together."<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Bournemouth Crown Court heard the scaffolder had "girls and drugs on his mind" when he hit Becky on April 11.<\/p>\n Clark had been driving at 40mph in a 30mph zone with his phone, which was being used as a sat nav, on his lap.<\/p>\n He was in the right-hand lane when he suddenly veered across to the left where Becky was crossing the road with her baby.<\/p>\n Andy Houston, prosecuting, said he "shot across and accelerated hard" as he smashed into the mum.<\/p>\n He added: "Mrs Sharp heroically pushed away the buggy to save the child.<\/p>\n "She was projected about the length of a cricket<\/span> pitch in the air, thrown like a ragdoll.<\/p>\n "She landed face down with blood around her nose, struggling to breathe."<\/p>\n Becky was airlifted to hospital in a vegetative state after suffering a traumatic brain injury, fracture to the skull, ribs, pelvis and lower left leg and a lacerated spleen.<\/p>\n She remained in a coma for eight weeks and is still undergoing rehabilitation.<\/p>\n Clark meanwhile had fled the scene, with police later discovering he had contacted his drug dealer less than two hours before the crash.<\/p>\n A cleaner at the inn where he was staying also found two empty litre bottles of vodka in his room.<\/p>\n When a police officer phoned Clark, he asked if Becky was still alive and said he "couldn't deal with it".<\/p>\n A breath test later revealed 46 micrograms of alcohol in 100ml of breath – with the legal limit 35.<\/p>\n When quizzed by cops, Clark admitted drinking vodka and taking \u00a3210 worth of cocaine before the crash.<\/p>\n He claimed Becky "literally stepped out of f***ing nowhere" and said he "s**t myself and ran away" when he saw her on the ground.<\/p>\n The court was told the mum has ongoing cognitive issues and problems with her memory.<\/p>\n She also suffers from fatigue and has physical complications from her leg fracture that causes pain still.<\/p>\n Speaking after the sentencing, the brave mum said: "I have no memory of the accident so it was good to hear from the barristers what happened.<\/p>\nMost read in The Sun<\/h2>\n
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