Pregnant Lady Loses Child After Serial Drunk Driver Hit Her

A lady misplaced her unborn child when her automobile was struck by a serial drunk driver. 

Mashayla Harper, who was 36-weeks pregnant, left her child bathe about 15 minutes earlier than James Cory Gilbert, 33, hit her automobile and left her bleeding and banged up on the roadside within the Soso neighborhood of Laurel, Mississippi, her father, Maurice Pruitt Sr., informed the Solar Herald.  

The Laurel-Chief Name stories that Gilbert, who has three DUI convictions, has been charged within the wreck. 

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A hunter discovered the 24-year-old lady and known as for assist, the Solar Herald stories. 

Harper was initially on life assist in crucial situation however is anticipated to reside. She is recovering at Forrest Basic Hospital in Hattiesburg, the Solar Herald stories. 

Her unborn daughter, Londyn Alise Jones, didn’t survive the crash, the Solar Herald stories.

“They’re by way of with all her surgical procedures,” Pruitt informed the Solar Herald. “All the pieces is okay. She is awake. She is aware of that her child died. She is absolutely unhappy. She doesn’t need anybody to go away her proper now. They’re permitting her mom to stick with her.”

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Gilbert is being held on the Jones County Detention Middle on a $100,000 bond, the Solar Herald stories. 

In line with the sheriff’s workplace, Gilbert faces 5 expenses on account of the accident, which incorporates driving beneath the affect, leaving the scene of an accident inflicting loss of life, leaving the scene inflicting accidents, marijuana possession and possession of paraphernalia, the Solar Herald stories.