A mother has ended up killing her 3-year-old son in a tragic accident the first time she ever attempted to drive a vehicle.
A mother accidentally killed her three-year-old son while learning
to drive the family car for the first time, Daily Mail reports.
The 34-year-old Mother-of-two, Lyndsay Turner, described how her
'foot slipped' and her Citroen C4 'jolted forward' and ran over her
much-loved little boy Liam. Mrs Turner was pulling into a parking area
near their home in Adland Road, Watton, Norfolk, when she hit her son as
he played nearby.
The boy's father Stephen, 37, moved the toddler from underneath the
vehicle and drove him towards the hospital before flagging down an
ambulance. Liam was airlifted to the Norfolk and Norwich University
Hospital but could not be saved.
An inquest into the incident which occurred on June 7 last year was
held at Norwich Coroner's Court today. The inquest was told that Liam
was playing outside with his older sister on a hot summer's day when he
died.
In a statement, Mrs Turner said she had asked her husband to teach
her to drive and decided to move the car a short way to its parking
space. It was the first time she had ever driven the car. She did not
have a provisional driving licence and was not insured.
'My foot slipped and it jolted suddenly forward,' she told police.
Mr and Mrs Turner
Mr Turner had supervised her moving the car from outside the vehicle.
Talking about the incident, a neighbour Amy Jones, who winessed it,
said she saw Mrs Turner pulling into the space in a 'stuttering' manner
and heard Mr Turner shouting 'stop' followed by a loud crunch.
She said: 'Liam was bleeding really badly and I told Stephen to put him in the car and take him to hospital.'
Liam suffered a serious head injury and irreversible brain damage
and died at the hospital's accident and emergency department at 8.16pm
that day.
Deputy Coroner Nicholas Holroyd recorded a conclusion of accidental death. He told the couple: 'This was an appalling tragedy and you both have my profound sympathy for this loss.
'There are very few parents who when looking back haven't said
to themselves "that was a near thing", tragically this ended as
disastrously as it did.'
Mr and Mrs Turner chose not to comment after the hearing.
In a statement issued shortly after his death, the couple said: 'We
are devastated by the loss of our darling little man. Liam was a happy,
content little boy who was always smiling and laughing. He had a
wonderful sense of humour and brought joy to the lives of everyone who
knew him. He was deeply loved.
'Life will not be the same without him.'
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