A woman has pleaded guilty to causing the death by dangerous driving of a baby girl, who was hit by a car outside a hospital.

Bridget Curtis, 70, of Begelly, in south-west Wales, appeared at Swansea crown court on Friday, where she admitted the charge relating to the death of eight-month-old Mabli Cariad Hall.

Mabli died of severe traumatic brain injuries after being struck by a white BMW while in her pram at the front entrance of Withybush hospital in Pembrokeshire on 1 June 2023.

She was airlifted to the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff and later transferred to Bristol Royal hospital for children, where she died in the early hours of 25 June.

Judge Geraint Walters released Curtis on unconditional bail. She will be sentenced at Swansea crown court on 22 November.

John Dye, representing Curtis, said his client was 70 years old with a full, clean driving licence and no previous convictions. He told the court: “She is absolutely devastated to be here.”

Curtis voluntarily surrendered her driving licence after she was charged with causing death by dangerous driving in July.

The judge disqualified her from driving and said psychiatric and pre-sentence reports would take place before the hearing.

He told her: “You will probably have understood already that the granting of bail and the asking of reports can’t carry any indication of the sentence that could be passed upon you. You can have your bail until the day of sentence.”

Mabli’s family, in a statement issued through Dyfed-Powys police at the time of the charge, said the past year had been “the most horrendous time of our lives”. They said: “Every day is a day of pain for us, even now, but as parents we still have to give the love and support our other children need as they are still trying to come to terms with losing their baby sister.”

An inquest opened in July last year heard the baby had died from severe traumatic brain injuries.