Family’s heartbreak after mum and three kids killed when car swerved onto wrong side of road
A FAMILY has shared their heartbreak after a mum and three children were killed when her car swerved on to the wrong side of the road.
Tragically, four year-old Amelia later died from a severe head injury while her older brother passed away just after 3am the next day from a traumatic brain injury.Zoe Powell ran Zoe Prose and The Mama Book, two online companiesThe coroner heard how Penny was ejected from the people carrier during the crash but survived the ordeal.
"Zoe would find driving stressful… she mostly drove locally but two to three times a month she would drive further afield."Phoebe, eight, and four-year-old Amelia and their brother Simeon, six, all lost their lives on the A40 near Oxfordheard how the infant's seat had not been strapped in properly, allowing baby Penny to be ejected from the car from the force of the collision.when the car "swerved violently" into the path of a Spanish goods vehicle weighing 36 tonnes.
The family today released a statement via Thames Valley Police, which said: “The conclusion of the police investigation and the publication of the coroner’s inquest bring closure to what has been a very difficult part of the wider family’s lives. “Whilst it may be unpleasant to conceive, there is not a single driver who has not been in a similar situation but by luck alone they have avoided a serious crash.
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