An Adelaide woman accused of killing a prominent neuropsychologist on Goodwood road after a night of drinking has told the District Court she felt perfectly fine before getting into her car. Lauren Jean Willgoose has pleaded not guilty to causing death by dangerous driving, saying there were visibility issues on the night of the collision.
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00:00 These are the final moments of Anthony Walsh's life before he was struck by a car as he crossed
00:07 Goodwood Road in June 2021.
00:10 A group of people rushing to his aid.
00:13 Lauren Jean Wilgus is accused of killing Mr Walsh due to dangerous driving.
00:18 The prosecution alleges she hit him and failed to stop because she was intoxicated after
00:24 consuming over a litre of wine at the Goody Hotel earlier that night.
00:29 Shobbing throughout her evidence today, Ms Wilgus said she heard a loud bang and saw
00:33 a shadow on the night of the collision, saying it sounded like a car mirror hitting another
00:39 car mirror.
00:40 Today in the District Court, Ms Wilgus was shown this CCTV vision of her walking to her
00:45 car before the crash, the prosecution putting to her that she was unsteady on her feet.
00:51 "I disagree.
00:52 It looks like I was walking normally."
00:55 The accused told the court there was poor visibility on the night of the crash and estimated
01:00 her car lights only illuminated about two metres in front of her car.
01:05 "I suggest that you knew full well that you'd been involved in a collision involving a pedestrian."
01:10 "I disagree."
01:11 The court heard Ms Wilgus drank a further four glasses of wine when she got home, the
01:16 prosecution putting to the accused that she did so in case police came around to breathalyse
01:21 her, to which she also disagreed.
01:24 The court heard Ms Wilgus checked her car in the morning after she woke up and read
01:28 a news article about the collision.
01:31 The trial continues on Monday.
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