Location: Central Coast, NSW
Registered: February 2005
When peugeots attack
Thu, 14 April 2005 03:10
FREAK DEATH OF MUM RUN OVER BY OWN CAR Apr 13 2005
Broken parts' chain reaction
By Kevin Donald
A YOUNG mum was run over and killed by her own car - after broken parts sparked a freak chain reaction.
Alison Taylor's Peugeot 405 wouldn't start so she got out and banged the engine with a hammer.
But the blows triggered the broken starter motor and because the keys were still in the ignition, the engine started. The handbrake should have stopped the car lurching forward - but that was broken as well, an inquest heard. Even then the momentum of the car would not have been enough to cause a problem.
But Alison, 36, tried to steady herself and accidentally grabbed the throttle cable.
As her elderly mother watched in horror the car sped over her, killing her instantly.
Thu, 14 April 2005 03:10
