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| Baby dies as car mounts pavement | Baby dies as car mounts pavement |
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| 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 was taken to the Royal Free Hospital but died a short time later. His mother was also hurt in the collision and suffered minor injuries. | The baby was taken to the Royal Free Hospital but died a short time later. His 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 was being questioned by officers. | |
| Police said the child's mother was pushing him along Park Avenue when a silver Ford Fiesta came off the road. | |
| 'So sad' | |
| Tony Singh, 40, a property developer who lives across the road, said: "We heard the noise, and I rang for an ambulance. | |
| "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." | |
| Although he had blood on his head, I was hoping so much that he would be all right Witness Tony Singh | |
| Mr Singh added: "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." | |
| A Metropolitan Police spokesman said the baby was believed to have lived locally but had not yet been formally identified. | |
| A post-mortem examination was due to be carried out, and an inquest was due to be opened and adjourned later. |