A pensioner left a woman in a coma and his own wife needing a leg amputation after a horror crash in a Tesco car park.

Malcolm Rogers, 79, had been picking up his wife from the Bursledon store when his automatic Ford Mondeo shot backwards.

When he got out of the car, he realised it was in reverse and rolling backwards.

But after climbing in and applying the foot break, he pressed on the accelerator unintentionally, sending the vehicle flying backwards into his wife, bollards and an innocent shopper.

The latter, a woman in her 30s, was left laying underneath another vehicle in the car park.

She was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries and suffered skull fractures, two bleeds on the brain and fractured vertebrae.

She needed immediate surgery and was placed in a coma on the day of the incident, December 1, 2021.

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Having been discharged from hospital in early January she was forced to limit her working hours and is now suffering from headaches and has speech and language therapy.

In a statement read out in court, she said: “I know this was a horrible accident and that the driver did not mean to do this.

“It has had a significant impact on my career and my future ambitions.

“I still don’t remember the accident at all.”

She said she had to wear a neck collar for three months and required help from her family with washing and dressing.

She still suffers from pain and stiffness and as a result of her brain injury, her symptoms are thought to be permanent.

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Rogers, of Kathleen Road, Southampton was arrested and interviewed where he made full admissions regarding the incident.

His wife, who was the first to be hit by the car, had her leg amputated leaving her heavily dependent on her husband.

Rogers told officers an accidental push of the accelerator caused the crash which saw the vehicle also collide with a Kia.

The retired builder, who has no previous convictions, pleaded guilty to a single count of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

Mitigating, Shauna Bevan said her client has never been before the courts and that “his remorse is palpable”.

She said there had been “no criminal intent” and “has described the day as the worst in his life”.

“He has harmed not only an innocent young lady but also his beloved life partner of 55 years.”

Rogers was given a 16-month prison sentence suspended for two years and was disqualified from driving for two years.

He will need to take an extended re-test if he wants his licence back.

Judge Peter Henry told him: “You have led a perfectly law-abiding life as a builder until this tragic event.

“Many cases of dangerous driving that we have to deal with in these courts involve quite deliberate disregard for the safety of other people.

“This is a very different type of case. No-one suggests that you deliberately drove in a way to endanger somebody else.

“There is a realistic prospect of rehabilitation because you have learnt a very serious lesson. I’m sure we are never going to see you again.”