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| Woman held fatally injured Jack | Woman held fatally injured Jack |
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| A woman has told a murder trial how she held the hand of a 10-year-old boy, seconds after he was hit and fatally injured by a car in Edinburgh. | A woman has told a murder trial how she held the hand of a 10-year-old boy, seconds after he was hit and fatally injured 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. | |
| 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. | Jack died in Edinburgh on 5 October 2006. |
| Ms Sharp, 33, 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 | Multiple injuries |
| It overtook her travelling in what she described as "a dangerous, erratic and stupid manner". | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | On Thursday the court heard Jack died as a result of multiple injuries suffered during the road collision. |
| The case continues. | The case continues. |