The trial of Emmanuel Sakyi, 31, continues at Aylesbury Crown Court, where he is accused of causing the death of his seven-month-old daughter Emmanuela in a car collision.
Prosecutor Daren Samat told jurors that during the journey, Sakyi drove 'for a considerable distance on the wrong side of the road'. He failed to respond to the driver of an oncoming Fiat 500, who was flashing her lights and beeping her horn to attract his attention.
'Instead he carried on straight and despite the other driver's best effort to avoid a collision, he drove into that Fiat 500,' Mr Samat added. The prosecutor said Sakyi, who it was alleged knew he was responsible for the collision, 'wasn't going to stick around for the police' and fled the scene.
A post-mortem examination by a forensic pathologist found that the baby's cause of death was blunt force abdominal trauma. Emergency services arrived and it became clear that the infant was 'gravely ill', Mr Samat said.
Sakyi denies causing death by dangerous driving and an alternative charge of causing death by careless driving whilst unfit through drink. He was arrested at his address after the collision and taken to Milton Keynes General Hospital, where he allegedly told a medical professional that he had been involved in a collision 'because the other car was on the wrong side of the road'.
A drink-driving procedure took place, during which he was asked about what he had consumed since the alleged offence. He responded no to alcohol and, when asked if he had eaten, told officers that he had had a McDonald's. A sample was taken to calculate his alcohol level and work out what it would have been at the time of the crash.
It was estimated that he was driving while twice the legal limit. When he was later interviewed under caution by police, he declined to answer any questions. Ms Willison, the driver of the Fiat 500, gave evidence in court, saying that when she saw the car driving towards her, 'it was too close to do anything'. She swerved to the right to get away from the car.
The motorist recalled seeing three people – two women and one man – get out of the other vehicle involved in the collision. The male 'vanished' afterwards and that the other two women were at the scene when the police and ambulance arrived. Sakyi did not attend court for the trial opening on Tuesday. The trial continues.
