Girl, seven, died after cycling into HGV outside Wiltshire home, inquest hears

Eloise Jackson hit the wheels of a moving lorry after pedalling away from her mother down a hill, a coroner was told. Photograph: Wiltshire police

A seven-year-old girl died when she cycled into a lorry outside her home, an inquest heard, as residents expressed anger over the number of HGVs turning the picturesque Wiltshire village where she lived into the “wild west”.

Eloise Jackson had only recently learned to ride when she fatally collided with the wheels of a moving HGV metres outside her front door on 13 July 2021, a coroner was told.