A TEENAGE driver who admitted causing a fatal accident whilst sending a text on her mobile phone will be jailed later today.
Rachel Begg, 19, pleaded guilty to causing the death of grandmother Maureen Waites, 64, by dangerous driving at Newcastle Crown Court last month.
The self-employed hairdresser, from Wingate, County Durham, died on her way to pick up a relative from Newcastle Airport last November.
Her Citroen collided with a VW Golf driven by Begg on the A696 Woolsingham bypass.
Begg, of Ponteland, Northumberland, was warned by Judge John Milford QC that a custodial sentence was inevitable when he ordered a pre-sentence report to be prepared.
He said: ''This will determine the length of the custodial sentence you will receive in due course.'' Sentencing will be held at Newcastle Crown Court.
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