A 93-year-old mum from Nottinghamshire died when she was struck by the car of her daughter, an inquest has been told. Doris Breen, who lived in the village of Walesby, near Newark, was visiting her daughter Hazel Smith when the tragedy happened.
Ms Breen, who had been visiting Ms Smith's home in the Derbyshire market town Eckington, was struck on her daughter's driveway, an inquest at Chesterfield Coroners' Court was also told. She had been visiting a few nights a week and Ms Breen suffered a brain injury she never recovered from during the accident, reports Derbyshire Live.
The tragedy happened on Monday, May 2, when Ms Breen and her daughter were at the house planning to go out for dinner. Ms Smith told the hearing in a statement that at around 2.15pm she got into her Audi A3 with the intention of moving it out of the garage.
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Unbeknown to Ms Smith, her mother had walked behind the car to put some rubbish in one of the bins, when she started to return to the house, Ms Smith reversed the car, striking her mother and knocking her to the ground. Ms Smith said that, prior to setting off, she did check her mirrors and simply didn't see her mother and only stopped the car when she heard the collision.
Ms Breen had suffered an injury to the left side of her head but was conscious and talking. She was taken to Chesterfield Royal Hospital and arrived at their Accident and Emergency Department where a number of scans and tests were carried out.
It was determined that Ms Breen had suffered a traumatic brain injury as a result of the collision. The following day, on Tuesday, May 3, Ms Breen was transferred to the Portland Ward. However, her condition started to deteriorate and it was decided that she should be placed on end-of-life care.
At 11.20pm on Wednesday, May 4, nurses on the ward noticed that Ms Breen had stopped breathing and she was pronounced dead a short time later. The inquest heard that Ms Breen's death was investigated by Derbyshire police and the file was sent to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). However, the CPS determined that there wasn't enough evidence to continue with a criminal investigation.
Assistant Coroner, Miss Susan Evans, ruled that Ms Breen had died as a result of an accident after being struck by her daughter's car, hitting her head on the ground and suffering a traumatic brain injury along with other injuries.
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