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| Run over ... Sue Duke |
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| Learner... Lauren Duke |
A MUM of three has died after her teenage daughter ran her down as she practised reversing into a parking space.
Sue Duke, 41, was crushed between 17-year-old learner driver Lauren's Ford Ka and another vehicle.
Barmaid Sue is thought to have been guiding Lauren into the space when her car suddenly lurched backwards.
Sue's brother-in-law Malcolm Mitchell said the accident in Rochester, Kent, seemed to stem from a tragic mistake by school leaver Lauren.
He added: "She seemed to be practising reversing. We think Susan got out to direct her.
"She must have got the brake pedal and the accelerator pedal mixed up and pressed the wrong one."
One witness, who declined to be named said: "At first we didn't realise Sue had been hit, we just saw the damage to the car.
"But then we saw Sue lying on the ground. She had been hit on the head, there was blood everywhere. It was catastrophic.
"We just tried to help her and comfort her before an ambulance got there.
"The girl was hysterical, she was screaming and crying. It was so awful. We tried to calm her down but she was so upset."
Lauren, sister Brogan, 21, brother Callum, ten, and dad Wayne, 44, were at Sue's bedside at a London hospital last night but she died today.
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