Drunk, texting driver Lisa Mottram to be sentenced over horror crash

A drunk driver who sent a text message seconds before crashing into a family of four walking on the side of a road in northwest Sydney will face a sentence hearing in November.

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A drunk driver who sent a text message seconds before crashing into a family of four walking on the side of a North Kellyville road will face a sentence hearing in November — while the youngest victim remains in hospital nine months after the horror crash.

Lisa Irene Mottram, 51, the estranged wife of former Parramatta Eels chief executive Denis Fitzgerald, crashed into the family which included a little girl visiting from Hong Kong during the night of September 16, 2018.

Ms Mottram had earlier been drinking at The Fiddler with friends and could be seen stumbling into a pole on CCTV footage, before a friend drove her to her Kellyville home from the venue.

Lisa Mottram pleaded guilty to four offences related to the horror crash last month. Picture: 9 News

The agreed statement of facts stated not long after, she decided to drive her car to visit a boyfriend.

She ploughed into the family of four on the side of Hezlett Rd including a husband and wife, their four-year-old daughter and the man’s sister who had just spent a day sightseeing.

There is no footpath on either side of that section of road.

The agreed statement of facts also stated Mottram sent a text message seconds before the crash.

A date for a sentence hearing has been set for November. Picture: Facebook

“Approximately two seconds after that message was sent the offender has hit the four victims,” the facts read.

Ms Mottram returned a breath analysis of 0.113 after being arrested.

No-one died as a result of the crash but the little girl remains in hospital in Hong Kong, a family friend confirmed.

She suffered bleeding on the brain and a collapsed lung in the crash and did not recover consciousness by the time she was flown home in November.

The vehicle involved in the crash.

Doctors also said it was unlikely her aunty will regain the ability to walk following the crash.

The family have all returned to Hong Kong.

Ms Mottram pleaded guilty to four offences last month including two charges of cause bodily harm by misconduct in charge of a motor vehicle and two charges of dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm.

Her case was mentioned at Parramatta District Court today and a sentence hearing date has been set for Monday, November 18.

Two related offences of mid-range drink driving and driver use mobile phone when not permitted have been referred up to the district court to be considered for sentencing.