Investigation and inquest
On the 23rd May 2019 I opened an investigation touching the death of Sonny Bob Parmar aged 3 years old. I opened an inquest on the 1st July 2019. The inquest concluded on the 3rd March 2020. The conclusion of the inquest was “Road traffic collision ". The medical cause of death was 1a Head Injury.
Circumstances of the death
On the Twenty-Second of May 2019 Sonny Bob Parmar was walking with his mother when when they approached a Pelican crossing on the East End Road when Sonny would usually then sit in a buggy for the rest of the journey home. It is likely that Sonny ran behind his mother and then into the road where he stopped. His mother reached to grab him and he moved further away just past the zig-zag line and was struck as was his mother by a car. Sonny was taken to the Whittington Hospital where he died from his injuries.
Coroner’s concerns
That there is no limitation for the speed of the road adjacent to the curtilage of the school as is seen in other areas where traffic is slowed at times where children are arriving and leaving the school.