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Teenager sentenced to community service over Ipswich crash that killed unborn baby

A teenage girl has been sentenced to 100 hours of community service despite pleading guilty to causing a crash that killed an unborn baby and seriously injured her mother.

The sentencing was the first test of Sophie’s Law in Queensland, which recognises the loss of an unborn baby as an aggravating factor to be considered during sentencing

Haylee ‘s is still suffering the consequences of the horrific crash in Ipswich six months ago.

Haylee Loccisano is still suffering the consequences of the horrific crash in Ipswich six months ago. (Nine)

Loccisano was left in a coma and lost her unborn baby, Celest, at 25 weeks.

A 17-year-old girl, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was behind the wheel of a Toyota RAV4 that hit Loccisano’s car.

The court heard she was changing music with her passenger and looked away before causing the crash.

The 17-year-old was sentenced to 100 hours of community service, disqualified from driving for six months and had no conviction recorded.

“I just don’t have much to say at this time, I don’t have much to comment on,” Loccisano said outside court.

“I just wish she had more justice.

Sophie's Law
The sentencing was the first test of Sophie’s Law in Queensland, which recognises the loss of an unborn baby as an aggravating factor to be considered during sentencing (Nine)
Sophie's Law
A 17-year-old girl, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was behind the wheel of a Toyota RAV4 that hit Loccisano car. (Nine)

“It just wasn’t enough, it wasn’t enough for her life to be taken.”

Loccisano’s mother, Teresa, was driving their Toyota Hilux when it was hit.

“She killed my granddaughter and nearly killed my daughter and she’s just walked away,” she told 9News.

“Every day, I think about how I should have had my little granddaughter there. She should be giggling, she should be laughing.”

Sophie's Law
A teenage girl has been sentenced to 100 hours of community service, despite pleading guilty to causing a crash that killed an unborn baby and seriously injured her mother. (Nine)
Sophie's Law
Loccisano’s mother, Teresa, was driving their Toyota Hilux her when it was hit. (Nine)

The 17-year-old’s lawyer, James Godbolt, said the teenager was “very sorry”.

“She’s obviously very sorry, and it’s a terrible tragedy, and nothing can make it right,” he said.

Sophie’s Law passed parliament last year, formalising a generally held principal that the destruction of an unborn baby is an aggravating factor to be considered during sentencing.

This was its first official test.

Sarah Milosevic has long campaigned for this change, since losing her own unborn baby, Sophie, in a crash 10 years ago.

“The reality is that she killed Celeste, and she damaged Hayley and her family, and that will live with them forever because it still lives with us forever,” Milosevic said.

Today, Loccisano and her mother were afforded the chance to read out their victim impact statements about the pain of never meeting the little one they had been expecting for so long.

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