Gran died after family car rolled down driveway and trapped her underneath
dailyrecord.co.ukA grandmother tragically died after the car she was getting out of rolled down the driveway and trapped her underneath. June Murray, from north Wales, was exiting her son's partner's Ford Kuga when the horror accident took place on December 18, 2020, Wales Online reports.
The 76-year-old had been picked up from her home on Woodside Avenue in Sandy Cove, Kinmel Bay, to stay over at her son and partner's home in Llandudno, which she did every other Friday.
On their way, they stopped in at McDonald's to pick up some food.Georgine Elizabeth Jones went into the house on Conway Road with the food, leaving Mrs Murray in the car.As she went back towards the car however, Ms Jones said she saw the passenger door open and heard Mrs Murray shouting as the car was rolling backwards.In a statement read out at an inquest held at Ruthin County Hall on Wednesday, June 1, Ms Jones said she saw Mrs Murray fall to the ground as the car began to roll over her.She said the car stopped rolling as the front near wheel got onto Mrs Murray's body.
As the accident unfolded, Ms Jones said she was initially unsure what to do before she slowly moved the car off Mrs Murray using the bite of the clutch.The accident took place at 6.18pm and a large emergency response arrived at the scene shortly afterwards.A critical care practitioner who arrived at the scene at 6.59pm as part of the air ambulance rapid response said that Mrs Murray had suffered injuries to her chest, pelvis, spine and had to be given a blood transfusion before being taken in the ambulance.Mrs Murray then went into cardiac arrest and could not be saved despite resuscitation efforts on the way to the hospital.
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