A 17-year-old girl has been charged over the death of an unborn baby following a car crash near Ipswich in Queensland earlier this year.
The crash was split an incident that turned Haylee Loccisano’s life upside down.
The 25-year-old was rushed to hospital with severe injuries and her unborn baby was in distress.
“I just fixated on her the whole time that I remember being aware to focus in and she hadn’t moved,” Loccisano said.
Loccisano was in a coma for a week and woke up to learn her miracle baby, Celeste, had passed away.
“It didn’t shock me. I already knew,” she said.
The 17-year-old girl allegedly driving the car that struck her has been charged over the crash.
If found guilty, she could face harsher sentencing after the introduction of Sophie’s Law.
Sophie’s Law was the result of 10 years of campaigning by Sarah and Peter Milosevic, whose unborn child Sophie was killed in 2014 by a drunk driver.
At the time, the culprit wasn’t held accountable as the former laws did not recognise children in utero.
Sophie’s Law was introduced to parliament last year to better recognise the death of an unborn child as a result of criminal conduct.
Mrs Milosevic is now also a key part of Loccisano’s support system.
“She had guided me through every step of the way and I owe her everything for that,” Loccisano said.
“Grief is a lot harder than I ever thought something could be.”
