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A two-month-old boy died when a car mounted the pavement and struck his pushchair. | A two-month-old boy died when a car mounted the pavement and struck his pushchair. |
The accident happened in Willesden Green, north-west London, on Monday evening. | The accident happened in Willesden Green, north-west London, on Monday evening. |
The baby suffered head injuries and died in hospital. His 32-year-old mother was also hurt in the collision and suffered minor injuries. | |
A police spokesman said the 62-year-old male driver stopped at the scene and had been questioned by officers. | |
'Extremely distressed' | |
Insp Andy Nelson said the mother was now with her husband and that they have no other children. | |
"They are extremely distressed and it is very early in the proceedings," he said. | |
He added the driver, from Harrow, north-west London, had said the collision was due to brake failure. | |
Insp Nelson said his team is looking at whether his jeans had become caught in the brake pedal "as one of a number of things being investigated". | |
The driver has been released and does not face any further action at this stage, though he could do later. | |
'Blood on head' | |
Police said the child's mother was pushing him along Park Avenue when a silver Ford Fiesta came off the road at a junction 35 yards from the scene of the crash. | |
Tony Singh, 40, a property developer who lives across the road to where the accident happened, said: "I was speaking to the paramedics on my mobile phone and they told me to go to the baby, and that an ambulance was on the way." | |
"The baby was still, then gave a hiccup, and the paramedics told me to pinch him to get a reaction. He screamed a little, and then the mother was pinching him too, then the ambulance arrived. | |
"Although he had blood on his head, I was hoping so much that he would be all right, and it was so sad when the police officers doing door-to-door inquiries told me later in the evening that he had died." | "Although he had blood on his head, I was hoping so much that he would be all right, and it was so sad when the police officers doing door-to-door inquiries told me later in the evening that he had died." |
A post-mortem examination is due to be carried out and an inquest is due to be opened and adjourned later. | |