Mother smoked cannabis prior to crash that killed daughter, 2, and injured infant

By Sam Rigney
Updated September 1 2015 - 7:18pm, first published 7:02pm
A police office examines the wreckage of the car that crashed, leaving a two-year-old dead.  Photo: Supplied
A police office examines the wreckage of the car that crashed, leaving a two-year-old dead. Photo: Supplied
The scene of the crash at Willow Brook.  Photo: Supplied
The scene of the crash at Willow Brook. Photo: Supplied

A woman who crashed her car on the New England Highway killing her two-year-old daughter and critically injuring her 11-month-old son allegedly fell asleep behind the wheel after smoking three or four "cones" of cannabis earlier in the day, Newcastle Local Court has heard.

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