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Toddler dies after 'unoccupied' car hits wall in Merthyr Tydfil Toddler dies after 'unoccupied' car hits wall in Merthyr Tydfil
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The parents of Pearl Black, a one-year-old girl who died after an accident involving a car in south Wales on Sunday, have said “she has left a massive hole in our hearts. The world will be a darker place without her. She was the reason we all lived.” The parents of a one-year-old girl killed when a Range Rover rolled into a wall causing it to collapse have said “she has left a massive hole in our hearts” and “the world will be a darker place without her”.
Police are believed to be investigating reports that an unoccupied car rolled down a hill into a wall, which then collapsed, at an address in Heolgerrig, Merthyr Tydfil. Pearl was taken to Prince Charles hospital in Merthyr Tydfil by air ambulance after the incident at 1.39pm on Sunday but died a short time later. Pearl Melody Black died on Sunday afternoon after the unoccupied vehicle rolled down a hill at an address in Heolgerrig, Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, into a wall. The incident also injured her younger brother.
Rebecca Morgan, a local resident, said she saw the girl’s father standing near the scene of the accident on Sunday night. She said the village was eerily quiet on Monday morning. Her parents have been named locally as Paul and Gemma Black. Mr Black is a local tattoo artist and entertainer who appeared on the 2014 season of The Voice.
Morgan said she understood that the family had been to the park and had been walking back when the accident happened. In a statement released by South Wales Police, they said: “Pearl was every single star in every single sky. She was as bright as the stars. When she looked at you with those eyes she would melt your heart.
Another resident, Brenda Meaker, said the girl’s father was Paul Black, who had appeared on The Voice. She said: “I’ve been here 30 years and I have never heard of anything like that happening. It is unbelievable that something like this could happen. I don’t want to believe it and yet it is true.” “She was the reddest pearl in the ocean and the sweetest melody ever written.
One local woman, who did not want to be named, said she saw police, an ambulance and the fire brigade drive through the village at about 1.50pm. She said the air ambulance landed near the school just after 2pm. “My colleague knows the guy [Pearl’s father] and she rang me later on and said it was a girl and that the handbrake went on the car and it hit the wall and then this happened.” “She was the greatest dancer and she has left a massive hole in our hearts. The world will be a darker place without her. She was the reason we all lived.”
Police said Pearl and her younger brother were rushed to hospital after the incident at 1.39pm on Sunday.
Pearl was taken to Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil by air ambulance but died a short time later. Her brother had minor injuries, officers said.
Local mother Rebecca Morgan, 30, said she saw Mr Black standing near the site of the accident on Sunday night.
Ms Morgan said the village had been eerily quiet on Monday morning.
She said she understood that the family had been to the park and were walking back when the accident happened.
Another resident, Brenda Meaker, 68, said: “I’ve been here 30 years and I have never heard of anything like that happening.
“It is just something you can’t believe; it is unbelievable that something like this could happen. I don’t want to believe it and yet it is true.”
One local woman, who did not want to be named, said: “My colleague knows the guy (Pearl’s father) and she rang me and said it was a (little) girl and that the handbrake went on the car and it hit the wall and then this happened.”
She said she believed the car involved in the incident did not belong to a family member.She said she believed the car involved in the incident did not belong to a family member.
South Wales police said: “An investigation is now under way into the circumstances surrounding the incident. The family respectfully ask to be left alone to grieve at this very difficult time and are being supported by specially trained officers.” South Wales Police said an investigation was under way to establish how the toddler suffered fatal injuries.
A force spokesman said: “It is known that an unoccupied Range Rover, which had been parked in a driveway, rolled down the hill and collided with a wall, which collapsed.
“The family respectfully ask to be left alone to grieve at this very difficult time and are being supported by specially trained officers.”
Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward.Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward.