A man has been charged with causing the death of a father and his baby son in a crash on New Year's Eve. Kyle Kennedy, 29, from Grangetown, is also charged with aggravated taking a vehicle without consent, driving while disqualified and driving without insurance. Simon Lewis died at the scene on Lamby Way. His baby son died after being delivered three months premature.
A driver accused of killing a father and his unborn child in a New Year's Eve crash appeared at Cardiff Crown Court on Friday.
Kyle Kennedy, 29, is accused of stealing his girlfriend's Peugeot 307 and crashing head-on into a family travelling the other way.
Dad Simon Lewis, 33, was killed in the crash on Lamby Way, Cardiff, and his wife Amanda was forced to undergo an emergency cesarean section as she was six months pregnant. The baby boy died hours later.
Kennedy faces several charges including two of causing death by dangerous driving. He is also accused of driving without insurance, driving while disqualified, and aggravated vehicle taking without consent.
He was remanded in custody and told to next appear in court in April.
Over £10,000 has been raised in just twelve hours after a father and his baby son died following a car crash on New Year's Eve.
A baby boy has died after being delivered three months premature following a crash that killed his father in Cardiff on New Year's Eve.
Simon Lewis, 33, was a 'wonderful father and husband', his family said. He was due to become a father for the second time.