The mother of a schoolgirl killed in a freak accident after being struck by a car wheel says she is disappointed no one has been prosecuted as a coroner today described her death as tragic, needless and entirely preventable .
Amelia Wood, 11, was walking to catch a school bus in Manby, Lincolnshire, when the front wheel of the passing 4x4 broke off and hit her.
The former Cleethorpes schoolgirl was airlifted to Queen s Medical Centre in Nottingham, where she sadly died.
A two-day inquest into her tragic death in March 2018 heard that the vehicle, which was being driven by then 22-year-old Cameron Perkins, from Covenham St Bartholemew, was unroadworthy due to a catalogue of faults.
Amelia Wood inquest - coroner rules schoolgirl s tragic death an accident
The two-day inquest has come to an end
A coroner has concluded that the tragic death of schoolgirl Amelia Wood was an accident.
At the end of a two-day hearing, Paul Smith said: Amelia’s death was a tragic, needless and entirely preventable death.
“She died as a result of an accident. “
Yesterday, proceedings were brought to a halt by the barrister acting for driver Cameron Perkins when allegations were made that he had carried out work on the highly-modified Land Rover involved in the fatal incident to night before.
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At a two-day inquest coroner Paul Smith concluded that Amelia Wood s death was an accident but described the incident as tragic, needless and entirely preventable
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Amelia Wood was airlifted to hospital following the incident on March 6, 2018, where she sadly died (Image: Grimsby Telegraph / BPM Media)
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Amelia Wood death - driver in tears as he relives tragic moments
The two-day hearing into the tragic death of schoolgirl Amelia Wood is underway
Amelia Wood was walking along a pavement towards a school bus stop when the front wheel of the passing 4x4 Land Rover Discovery, pictured, broke off and struck her (Image: GrimsbyLive)
The parents of tragic schoolgirl Amelia Wood have today come face to face with the driver of the 4x4 whose wheel flew off and killed her nearly three years ago.
Amelia died when a front wheel of the customised Land Rover Discovery came off and hit her as she walked to get her schoolbus on the B1200 Manby Middlegate, near Louth, Lincolnshire at 8am on March 6 , 2018.
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