An utter tragedy
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.
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.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.
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.