A far South Coast man, sentenced to seven months’ jail for causing a car crash north of Berry which resulted in an unborn child dying, has appealed the severity of his sentence.
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Zebulon Joseph Wood, of Nethercote, near Eden, was sentenced to seven months’ jail with a non-parole period of two months and disqualified from driving for three years by Magistrate Gabriel Fleming in Nowra Local Court last Wednesday.
He pleaded guilty to negligent driving occasioning grievous bodily harm and driving while suspended following an accident on the Princes Highway north of Berry on October 2 last year.
The court heard Wood, who was suspended from driving at the time, was travelling south on the highway in a silver Mazda 323, with three passengers, including 18-year-old Tayla Brown, who was 26 weeks pregnant.
Two kilometres north of the Berry township Wood came upon a build-up of traffic, failed to slow down and was forced to brake “harshly”.
His vehicle collided with the rear of another Mazda in front of him containing two women, before crossing to the incorrect side of the road and hitting an oncoming Commodore in which two women and three children were travelling.
The impact of the crash was so great, despite receiving immediate medical attention, doctors couldn't save Ms Brown’s 26-week foetus.
Wood’s appeal is listed for Nowra District Court on July 25.
