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Mother Who Did Not Know How To Drive Accidentally Ran Over And Killed Her Child by omoharry(f): 2:47pm On Feb 15, 2016
PUBLISHED: 12:53 GMT, 15 February 2016 | UPDATED: 13:29 GMT, 15 February 2016

A mother accidentally killed her three-year-old son while learning to drive the family car for the first time, an inquest heard today.
Mother-of-two Lyndsay Turner, 34, 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, the court was told.
Liam was airlifted to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital but could not be saved.
An inquest into the incident on June 7 last year was held at Norwich Coroner's Court today.
The inquest heard 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 Turner had supervised her moving the car from outside the vehicle.
Neighbour Amy Jones saw Mrs Turner pulling into the space in a 'stuttering' manner and heard Mr Turner shouting 'stop' followed by a loud crunch.
'Liam was bleeding really badly and I told Stephen to put him in the car and take him to hospital,' she added.

Inquest: Three-year-old Liam Turner was killed on this street in Watton, Norfolk after being run over by his mother
Pc Forbes Scott told the court Mrs Turner was on a public road and should not have been driving but the Crown Prosecution Service had decided it was not in the public interest to bring charges.
'There are no plans to bring any criminal proceedings in this case,' he added. He said there were no faults with the car.
The inquest heard Liam suffered a serious head injury and irreversible brain damage and died at the hospital's accident and emergency
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.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3447835/Mother-did-not-know-drive-accidentally-ran-killed-three-year-old-son-time-got-wheel-family-car.html

Re: Mother Who Did Not Know How To Drive Accidentally Ran Over And Killed Her Child by mystiqueDZ(f): 3:06pm On Feb 15, 2016
Oh dearrr!!! cry cry cry
This guilt she will carry all her life.....
Re: Mother Who Did Not Know How To Drive Accidentally Ran Over And Killed Her Child by yvelchstores(f): 1:15am On Feb 16, 2016
Highly disturbing!
Re: Mother Who Did Not Know How To Drive Accidentally Ran Over And Killed Her Child by Jochebed7(f): 7:38pm On Feb 16, 2016
jeez. how does one get over stuff like this?

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