Boy in car when granny was crushed

A six-year-old boy was in the front seat of his grandmother’s car when it reversed with the hand-brake off and knocked over and killed his granny.

At the County Clare Coroner’s Court yesterday, a jury returned a verdict of accidental death concerning a fatal road traffic crash that claimed the life of retired Ennis publican Josephine Lucas.

Coroner Isobel O’Dea said the death was a “freak accident”.