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Speedboat deaths inquest hears girl was 'likely' unconscious Cornwall speedboat deaths: Mother relives final moments
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An eight-year-old killed in a speedboat accident off the Cornwall coast was probably unconscious when she was hit by a propeller, an inquest has heard. A woman whose husband and daughter were killed in a speedboat accident has relived the last moment she saw them.
Emily Milligan and her father Nick died on 5 May 2013 after the incident in the Camel Estuary near Padstow. Victoria Milligan said it felt like "hitting a wall" when the boat threw her, her husband and their four children into the water.
Home Office pathologist Russell Delaney told the inquest in Truro it was "highly likely" Emily was unconscious after being ejected from the speedboat. Emily Milligan, eight, and her father Nick died on 5 May 2013.
The inquest, held in Truro, heard Mrs Milligan was at the helm when the accident happened in the Camel Estuary near Padstow, Cornwall.
'Lots of blood'
The hearing was told Mrs Milligan was not wearing a kill cord which would have stopped the engine when they were thrown overboard.
She told the inquest: "Nick was telling us to stay together. The boat was going around us very fast.
"I swam towards the beach. The boat hit me in my chest and I saw lots of blood.
"I knew Kit had also been injured and said 'I want to go home', I realised I needed to get out of the water. I did not know where anybody else was."
Mrs Milligan said her husband reached across her to pull down on the steering wheel and simultaneously pushed up the throttle.
At the request of her children Mrs Milligan then took the boat further out "to go round again".
She told the inquest: "He reached over with his right hand and put the wheel down. With his left hand he slightly jerked up the throttle.
"That's when we all fell out - it was like hitting a wall. It all happened very quickly."
Mrs Milligan said she swam towards the harbour with her son, Kit. The two other children suffered minor injuries.
She told the inquest the last time she saw her husband he was in the water shouting at the other three children to stay in the middle.
Earlier the hearing heard Emily Milligan was probably unconscious when she was hit by a propeller.
Home Office pathologist Russell Delaney told the inquest it was "highly likely" she was unconscious after being ejected from the speedboat.
He said Mr Milligan died from a head injury after being thrown overboard.He said Mr Milligan died from a head injury after being thrown overboard.
Mr Delaney said: "I would have expected him to be rendered unconscious almost immediately with death coming shortly afterwards."Mr Delaney said: "I would have expected him to be rendered unconscious almost immediately with death coming shortly afterwards."
The jury inquest heard Mr Milligan's wife, Victoria, was at the helm of the speedboat when the incident occurred.
Mrs Milligan lost a leg and her son Kit was severely injured. Their two other daughters suffered minor injuries.
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch said an emergency "kill cord" to cut the engine had not been worn.
The report concluded that if a kill cord had been worn at the time, the engine would have cut out when they were thrown overboard.