The family of a 12-year-old boy who died after being hit by a car outside his school have told a Hobart courtroom of their continued grief as a woman pleads guilty to causing his death.

Elena Anita Begovic, 51, pleaded guilty to one count of causing the death of another person by negligent driving in Hobart Magistrates Court on Friday afternoon.

Marshall Oakley-Stagg was eight weeks into his high school journey when he was hit by a car Begovic was driving outside Cosgrove High School in Glenorchy, a northern suburb of Hobart, on April 5, 2024.

Marshall died at the scene.

The magistrate's summary of the Crown's case was that Begovic did not keep a proper lookout when driving near the school and should have seen Marshall on the left-hand side of the car.

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