Driver admits he was high on meth and pot when he slammed his car into a young couple and killed mother-to-be, 21, and her unborn baby - but walks FREE after pleading guilty
- Maddie Morgan, 21, and her unborn baby were killed in a crash near Perth in May
- Jesse Matthews, 23, was behind the wheel of the car which slammed into her
- Mathews pleaded guilty to five charges over the crash at court on Wednesday
- He walked free on bail ahead of his sentencing
- Mathews admitted he was high on amphetamines and pot before the crash
Maddie Morgan, 21, died when the Nissan Skyline she was travelling in was torn in half in a horror head-on-crash east of Perth on May 15
A driver was high on meth and cannabis when his car slammed into a Nissan Skyline and split it in two, killing a mother-to-be and her unborn child.
Jesse Matthews, 23, admitted on Wednesday he was responsible for the horror collision at Mahogany Creek, east of Perth on May 15.
Maddie Morgan, 21, was killed and her partner Jack Bryant, 23, was seriously injured. Their unborn baby Lucy was delivered but didn't survive.
Matthews pleaded guilty to a string of charges - including two counts of dangerous driving occasioning death - at Midland Courthouse in Perth, reported 7 News.
He also pleaded guilty to one count of driving under the influence of drugs and dangerous driving causing grievous bodily harm.
But the 23-year-old was allowed to walk free on bail, despite the charges against him amounting to a maximum penalty of 64 years behind bars.
Jesse Matthews, 23, (pictured) ignored the media's questions as he left the courthouse, with a young woman and baby by his side
Maddie's mother said even the harshest penalty won't be able to bring her daughter back.
Matthews ignored the media pack as he left the courthouse with a young woman and baby by his side.
He will be sentenced later this year.
Jack Bryant, 23, lost his heavily pregnant girlfriend Maddie Morgan, 21, (pictured together) and their unborn daughter when their Nissan Skyline was struck by another vehicle east of Perth on May 15
Maddie's partner Jack Bryant miraculously survived the crash which claimed the life of his girlfriend and unborn baby on May 15.
Mr Bryant's Nissan skyline was torn in two when it was struck by a Ford Falcon with Matthews behind the wheel.
He described his horror after waking up from an induced coma at the Royal Perth Hospital a day and a half after the crash to learn his girlfriend and baby were dead.
The Skyline split in two when it was hit by the Falcon (pictured) at the corner of the Great Eastern Highway and Homestead Road in Mahogany Creek on May 15
'The first thing I do remember was seeing two of the police women that informed me about what happened,' he told The West Australian.
'You don’t believe it at all. All the cliché things you can think of. It must be a dream, you are trying to wake yourself up.
'It’s just the biggest empty feeling you can imagine.'
Mr Bryant was taken to Royal Perth Hospital with serious head injuries, a ruptured spleen, half a dozen broken ribs, collapsed lungs and a chip in his spine. He was discharged six days later.
He urged motorists to do the right thing and avoid taking risks, warning they are not worth the potential consequences.
Miss Morgan was less than three weeks away from giving birth to a daughter when she was killed
