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Brit ‘drunk driver who mowed down tourist family killing five-month-old baby’ is expat hotel worker
Brown reportedly told cops her Ford Fiesta had a 'steering problem' which caused the horror accident
THE "drunk and drugged up" Brit driver who allegedly mowed down a family of tourists in Lanzarote and killed a five-month-old baby has been named.
Expat hotel worker Olivia Brown, 23, is currently under house arrest and could be jailed for causing the death of the Brit tot.
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Police say that Brown was over the legal limit when her "out of control" car slammed into a group of pedestrians and killed the baby on Monday night.
The expat - who was pictured for the first time today - is understood to work at a hotel in the popular resort of Playa Blanca where the accident took place.
She is expected to appear in court tomorrow where she is due to be charged.
Yaiza Municipal police chief Vladimir Guadalupe told : "The investigation is still ongoing and could be another week.
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"The driver will appear in court but I cannot say yet what the charges will be.
"The legal limit for alcohol is 0.25 and this person was over that limit and the charge will reflect that."
Brown, who is understood to live on the island with her parents, reportedly told police the night of the crash that she had suffered a steering problem which caused the accident.
The identity of the British family involved in the horror accident has not yet been revealed.
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The five-month-old's parents and grandparents were also injured by Brown's Ford Fiesta.
The father is said to be in critical condition in a local hospital.
Officials also revealed that the car hit a Swedish mum and daughter.
The mother had to be airlifted from the island to an intensive care unit in Gran Canaria after her heart reportedly stopped three times and she had to be resuscitated.
The pair had only been in the town for three hours when they were struck down.
The horror crash took place on a bend in a main road near the Aqualava water park and the four-star HL hotel.
Witnesses told police they thought she had been going too fast and made no attempt to slow down before hitting the pavement.
Yaiza's mayor Oscar Noda has confirmed that all four Brits injured in the accident yesterday are still in the hospital today.
The town hall has declared two days of mourning and organised a minute’s silence.
Mr Noda said: “The accident caused seven victims, including the five-year-old baby that died.
“The survivors came from two families, one from Sweden and the other of British origin.
“They are the parents of the child that died and the baby’s maternal grandparents.
“The ones in the worst condition this morning are the baby’s father and maternal grandmother. All the survivors are still in hospital.
“We hope they all recover.”
Playa Blanca, White Beach in Spanish, is the most southerly town in Lanzarote, roughly a 40-minute drive from the island airport.
Only last month, an 83-year-old British tourist died after being run over by a bus in Lanzarote.
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She had been rushed to hospital in a “critical” condition on February 21 after being hit by the vehicle in the popular resort of Costa Teguise and stabilised at the scene.
And last September, two Brits were among seven injured when a British holidaymaker ploughed into a packed Spanish cafe in his hire car on the neighbouring Canary island of Fuerteventura.
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