A 50-year-old Athlone taxi driver has been given an 18-month suspended jail sentence after he was convicted of careless driving and causing the death of a 49-year-old mother-of-three.
John Nally, of Auburn Heights, Athlone, skidded and lost control of his car in wet and windy conditions on the old Athlone to Ballinasloe road on 24 March last year.
Mariola Kochanska was struck and received serious injuries in the collision. She died an hour later from her injuries at Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe.
Mrs Kochanska's daughter Sandra said her family's life had been destroyed as a result of the accident because she had lost her mother and her father.
She explained that her mother was acting as a full-time carer for her father, who was disabled.
He had to be admitted to a residential care centre after the accident because Sandra was not able to look after him.
Passing sentence, Judge Keenan Johnson said the crash was a result of a momentary lack of concentration by Mr Nally, who clearly had no intention of causing Mrs Kochanska's death.
He said she was totally blameless in the crash, was a much-loved wife and mother, and her death represented a immeasurable and irreplaceable loss to the family.
He said he could understand the family's sense of hurt and loss.
However, he said he had to bear in mind the fact that Mr Nally had pleaded guilty to a charge of careless driving causing death and was totally and sincerely remorseful for the crash.
He also was a man of exemplary reputation who had no previous convictions.
He ordered Mr Nally to enter a bond that he would make a donation of €5,000 to the Irish Wheelchair Association within the next 12 months.
He said he had chosen the IWA because Mrs Kochanska's husband was confined to a wheelchair at a residential home in Galway.
He said a custodial sentence would provide no useful purpose and he suspended an 18-month jail sentence.
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