A woman has spoken out about how she had to identify her parents’ bodies just hours after giving birth, when they were killed in a collision with an uninsured driver.
Her parents Ian and Gail Gale were killed in a head-on collision by an uninsured driver on November 18, 2022.
The Gales died on the A47 Leicester Road, near Belton in Rutland, when Simarjeet Singh ploughed into their Hyundai i10.
Picture: An earlier photo of Ian and Gail Gale (Leicestershire Police)
Witnesses had seen the Leicester man, who was driving his Citreon C4 Picasso without a licence, swerve and turn into the path of oncoming traffic in the moments before the fatal crash.
Emergency services attended the scene but tragically Mr and Mrs Gale were both pronounced deceased at the scene. Singh sustained minor injuries in the collision.
Enquiries carried out found that Singh did not have a full driving licence or valid insurance at the time of the collision.
Yesterday (Monday), at Leicester Crown Court, Simarjeet Singh, 35, was found guilty of causing the deaths of Gail Gale, 58, and Ian Gale, 64, by careless driving as well as two counts of causing death by driving while uninsured and two counts of causing death while driving without a licence.
Speaking following the conviction, Mrs Gale’s daughter Emma Johnson, 34, said: “When I found out about mum’s death I was shocked and stressed. I was due to give birth imminently and the stress could potentially have been detrimental to my baby’s health.
“Imagine then having to identity your parents bodies hours after giving birth to your child; mum’s grandchild; the grandchild she would never meet. That is what I had to do.
“There is absolutely no justification for driving without a licence, putting everybody else on the road at risk.
“Knowing mum won’t get the chance to see her youngest grandchild or have a relationship with my four children is heartbreaking. She will miss out on having this relationship through no fault of her own. It is absolutely devastating to me.”
Picture: Gail Gale was driving at the time of the collision
A full investigation was carried out into the collision with a forensic examination finding that the swerve carried out by Singh was indicative of being due to loss of concentration or distraction of the driver. It was of the opinion of the forensic examination that neither driver was travelling at excess speed.
Singh had reported that there had been a stone or animal in the road. No evidence of a bump, stone or animal was found in the road or grass verges.
Singh, of Dishley Lane, Leicester, was charged in February this year.
