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A woman has told a murder trial how she held the hand of a 10-year-old boy, seconds when he was fatally injured after being hit by a car in Edinburgh. | |
Samantha-Jane Sharp told the High Court in Glasgow she was the first to reach Jack Anderson as he lay in the gutter. | Samantha-Jane Sharp told the High Court in Glasgow she was the first to reach Jack Anderson as he lay in the gutter. |
Isaac Purcell, 26, has admitted driving the car but denies murder. | Isaac Purcell, 26, has admitted driving the car but denies murder. |
He is accused of speeding on a number of Edinburgh roads before hitting the boy on Saughton Road North and of failing to stop after the collision. | He is accused of speeding on a number of Edinburgh roads before hitting the boy on Saughton Road North and of failing to stop after the collision. |
Jack died in Edinburgh on 5 October 2006. | |
Ms Sharp described the events last October when she had picked up her niece and daughter from school and was driving to pick up her son when a dark green Peugeot 406 car drove up behind her. | |
Multiple injuries | |
It overtook her travelling in what she described as "a dangerous, erratic and stupid manner". | |
Seconds later she saw it pull out onto the wrong side of the road as it approached a red light. | |
She said she saw a boy step onto the road and then him being hit and thrown into the air. | |
The 33-year-old mother pulled up her car and ran over to the boy, who she said was lying in the gutter. | |
She said she immediately thought he was dead. She held his hand until an ambulance arrived. | |
On Thursday the court heard Jack died as a result of multiple injuries suffered during the road collision. | |
The case continues. |