€36k for family of toddler who died after car hit her

The family of a toddler who died almost two years ago after a car driven by a family friend accidentally rolled over her was yesterday awarded €36,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court for mental distress and loss against an insurance company.

Barrister John Nolan told the court that Lily Rose O’Toole was approaching her second birthday when she died in the tragic accident while she was in the front garden of her family home in Tallaght, Dublin.

Mr Nolan said that on March 3, 2013, the child’s mother, Ruth O’Toole, aged 35, had been in the garden with Lily when she saw neighbour Esther Dillon on her way out. She went to talk to her, leaning through the passenger window.