A Hamilton district woman charged with culpable driving causing the death of a toddler will face a two-day hearing in August.
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Shayla Dewitte was charged by Victoria Police Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives following a fatal single-car crash in Halls Gap on March, 2, 2023.
She appeared in Warrnambool Magistrates Court on April 26, 2024, charged with culpable driving causing death, drug driving and associated offences.
Victoria Police previously said a toddler suffered life-threatening injuries in the crash and was airlifted to hospital but later died.
The court heard Ms Dewitte would face a two-day committal - the hearing in which the evidence against her will be tested for the first time - in the same court from August 14.
In February lawyer Amanda Hurst, representing Ms Dewitte, asked for more time in the case to obtain another report into the woman's "level of intoxications".
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Jessica Howard
jessica.howard@warrnamboolstandard.com.au
jessica.howard@warrnamboolstandard.com.au
