Chrystle Olivia Kemp, 26, ran two stop signs for reasons she still can’t explain.

A court today heard how their lack of care devastated two families, causing the death of a girl and snuffing out another life weeks before it began.

Kemp crashed into two other vehicles at the intersection of Old Dookie and Boundary Roads in Shepparton East on October 20, 2023.

On Wednesday, Kemp pleaded guilty to two counts of dangerous driving.

Shepparton County Court heard Kemp’s four-wheel drive vehicle ran two stop signs and was still traveling at 50km/h when it entered the intersection.

Kemp only applied “minor to moderate” braking in the 3.5 seconds before the collision.

Kemp’s five-year-old niece, Savannah, was not secured in a booster seat and died after succumbing to chest, leg and neck injuries.

Kemp says he doesn’t remember fatal crash

Elodie Aldridge was driving one of the other vehicles Kemp crashed into.

Mrs Aldridge, who was 34 weeks pregnant, lost her unborn son Remi and suffered serious injuries to her abdomen, hip and wrist.

The occupants of the third vehicle were uninjured, according to the court.

It is still unclear what exactly Kemp was doing behind the wheel at the time of the accident.

He has no memory of the incident and Judge Geoffrey Chettle said there was no evidence Kemp was talking on the phone, taking drugs or speeding.

“Trying to figure out what happened here is not easy. You just haven’t seen the stop sign,” the judge said.

In court, Savannah’s mother, Bryana Kemp, took aim at her sister for “reckless neglect” and said she had yet to receive an apology.

Savannah was a loving, fun girl who died under “horrendous circumstances,” her mother said.

“What saddens me is that she had not yet left her impact on this world. Who will remember her, besides us?” said Bryana Kemp, in a victim statement read by a prosecutor.

Savannah was in the car because Kemp had picked her up from daycare without her mother’s permission, Bryana Kemp said. The girl’s grandmother was supposed to be on duty.

Family devastated by pregnancy loss

The Aldridge family has also been left in perpetual mourning for a son who was so close to coming into the world.

In the hours before the accident, Aldridge attended a doctor’s appointment which confirmed that Remi was going to be a “big, healthy” baby.

That night, Ms Aldridge was again under the care of medical experts, this time for emergency life-saving surgery. Remi was stillborn.

Aldridge said she and her husband, Andrew, couldn’t bring themselves to pack up the bedroom they had prepared for their son. Mrs. Aldridge continues to use crutches due to her injuries.

Her husband said the accident scene looked like “a war zone” and described the moments he held Remi in the hospital for the first time.

“He was cold. His lips were black. I just wanted him to open his eyes. I wanted to hear that scream,” Aldridge said, in a statement read on his behalf.

Aldridge family pushes for harsher punishment for crash

Kemp was charged with dangerous driving in relation to Savannah’s death and Ms Aldridge’s injuries. However, Remi was not considered a victim of the accident under Victorian law.

The Aldridges have called on the government to follow the example of New South Wales and Queensland, where unborn children can be recognized as victims of crime.

However, a spokesperson for Allan’s government said current laws had “the right balance” and the changes could have “unintended consequences” for abortion rights in Victoria.

Kemp faces the possibility of being jailed for more than a decade over the crash, but her lawyers argued there were exceptional circumstances that meant she should be avoided jail altogether.

Kemp’s defense team said she pleaded guilty early in the court process, felt “overwhelming pain” and suffered post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and ongoing physical injuries.

Judge Chettle called the case “very emotional” and said he needed to put that aside to consider the facts and the law.

The case was adjourned until November 20.