Parents screamed ‘the baby, the baby!’ as driver ‘killed 18-day-old son by ploughing into pram at TWICE the speed limit’

THE parents of an 18-day-old boy screamed “the baby” after a driver killed their son by ploughing into his pram, a court heard.

James Paul Davis, 35, was allegedly driving at twice the 30mph speed limit when he smashed into Ciaran Leigh Morris on his first-ever outing.

Parents Camaron Morris and Codie Holyman screamed “the baby, the baby” as their son’s pram was pinned against a shop wall after Davis mounted the kerb in Walsall, West Mids.

Uninsured Davis fled the scene before telling a passer-by he had “killed a baby” and would be “going down for a long time”, jurors heard.

Wolverhampton Crown Court heard he then called police and claimed he passed out at the wheel after suffering a coughing fit.

But James Curtis, QC, prosecuting, said the driver was “fully fit, heavily built and he was clear headed enough to invent an excuse”.

Tests found he had cannabis in his system but it was below the legal limit, it was said.

Ciaran’s family wept today as CCTV of the baby’s final moments on Easter Sunday last year were played to jurors.

Davis had been driving at 67mph when he collided with a white Ford while veering over the centre line.

The BMW then careered into the the pram carrying baby Ciaran, who was on his first outing with his parents after being born.

Mr Curtis said: “This was a classic momentary inattention or distraction, for whatever reason.

“We say that, quite simply, he did something that made him lose control of that car – whatever it was – we may never hear the total truth as to what it was.

“We say he is therefore guilty of the crime of causing death by dangerous driving.”

The court was told Davis exited the car and ran on foot down an alleyway and through undergrowth.

Meanwhile “screaming” witnesses “desperately” tried to move the car off stricken Ciaran.

The tot was rushed to hospital but died just hours later from injuries to his head and body.

Davis, of Bloxwich, West Mids, denies causing death by dangerous driving, causing death while uninsured and causing death by careless driving.

The trial continues.