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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Wesley Holmes & John Scheerhout

Heartbreak of sibling who saw her sister killed on their way to buy sweets

The sister of an 11-year-old girl who died after being knocked down by a police officer in an unmarked car has spoken for the first time of how her once happy family was 'torn apart' by heartbreak.

Kelly Edgar was hit by a Ford Fiesta on January 30, 1993. She had been walking to her local corner shop to buy some sweets with her big sister Leanne, 13, who witnessed the horrific incident.

As the 30th anniversary of the tragedy approaches, Leanne told the Liverpool Echo : "I was in front of Kelly, she was behind me, and as I got to the other side of the road I heard a bang. I turned around and saw Kelly flying through the air.

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