An inquest heard how young mother, Sameha Mahmood, 25, was killed under the wheels of her own car while her baby daughter sat in the backseat.
The young mother had failed to apply the handbrake on her vehicle and was run over on the steep driveway ofher parents' home in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, two days prior to Christmas.
She died at the scene while 15 neighbours used bricks and car jacks to try and lift the car off her.
In a statement by her brother, Asad Mahmood, the hearing heard, “She was lying on one side with her head towards the passenger side and her feet on the driver's side, right in the centre of the car between the wheels. I tried to speak to her but she wasn't talking to me. I touched her feet to try to get some response but I didn't get any. The next part was a blur as I was in shock. I called everyone. Even with the car jacks and the bricks, we couldn't seem to lift the car up.”
An examination found that there were no defects with Sameha Mahmood's BMW car. Assistant coroner, Alison McCormick, concluded that the death was a road traffic accident.
“The driveway in front of the house sloped down to meet the road at between seven to 17 degrees. The road itself is on a hill. In Mr Evans' opinion, on the basis of the evidence the handbrake was not on and was not in gear. The only conclusion that can be drawn is that Sahema failed to apply the handbrake or didn't apply it sufficiently. She left the vehicle and was subsequently run over by the car as it rolled backwards down the drive while she was at the rear of the vehicle.”
