Janette Henry, 67, caused the death of a pedestrian after her vehicle hit a family in Bearsden.
The trial had heard claims she could have suffered a blackout but Henry was convicted of causing death by careless driving at the High Court in Glasgow.Eleanor's brother Brian Ballantyne, 59, had earlier told the trial how the family had got together for a traditional Boxing Day gathering at his home in Bearsden.'Terrible thudding'
Henry's vehicle had mounted the pavement and struck a wall before hitting the group and then a parked Jaguar car. The transport manager said: "My wife was hysterical. I remember them shouting to get Eleanor, pointing out where she was.Eleanor, of Dundee, was critically injured and died in hospital a week later.She was said to have struck the wall and not stopped her vehicle before hitting the family.
As she neared home, the human resources worker recalled slowing down on a narrow road to pass parked cars.Henry said: "I thought we had been hit by an oncoming car."Her lawyer Thomas Ross KC put to her: "Other than a medical emergency, can you think of any other reason why you would plough into a wall and a group of pedestrians?"Prosecutor Adrian Stalker later stated when Henry got out of her vehicle and realised what happened it must have been "horrifying".
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