TEENAGER Robert Blackwell has pleaded guilty to causing the death of Witney schoolgirl Liberty Baker.
Blackwell, of Hayway Lane, Weald, near Bampton, was charged on November 8 of causing death by dangerous driving and causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
Today the 19-year-old pleaded guilty to both charges at Oxford Crown Court.
He is due to be sentenced on April 16.
Liberty, of Thorney Leys, Witney, died on June 30 when she was struck by a car which mounted the kerb in Curbridge Road.
Two other 14-year-old girls, who attended Henry Box School with Liberty, and a man were also injured in the incident.
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