Dad unable to save daughter as car rolled down hill and doors locked themselves
dailyrecord.co.ukA 17-year-old died in front of her dad when the locks and handbrake of their car were triggered automatically - sending it flying downhill, an inquest heard.
Aaliyah Sedley-Jones, known as Lily, was sat alone waiting in the family vehicle when ‘for an unknown’ reason she decided to start the engine - disengaging the automatic handbrake, the BBC reports.Desperate efforts to open the doors and stop the Citroen rolling away by her father Benjamin Jones were thwarted as he watched in horror as it locked automatically due to its speed and flipped over.
An inquest held yesterday heard Lily died in the crash in Spring Hill, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, on January 5.The BBC reported Mr Jones told the hearing he saw his daughter in the driver’s seat and heard her start the engine.
The coroner was told the doors of a Citroen C4 lock when a speed of 6mph is reached. Her dad told the inquest: “I couldn’t hold on to it any longer.“I have no idea why Lily got into the driver’s seat and tried to drive the car.” The rolling vehicle hit a grass verge, a wall and a lamppost before flipping on top of Lily, reported BristolLive.Desperate rescue efforts from neighbours, family members and paramedics proved unsuccessful and Lily died at the scene shortly before 9pm.
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