Norfolk: A woman accidentally struck and killed her three-year-old son with her car while learning to drive, an inquest has heard. Lyndsay Turner, 34, was pulling the Citroen C4 hatchback into a parking area near their home in Adland Road, Watton, Norfolk, when she hit her son Liam as he played nearby.
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.
It was a hot summer day and Liam was playing outside with his older sister.
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. Neighbor 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.
