A HERO mum walking her 11-year-old son and 10-year-old daughter from school was seriously injured when she pushed her daughter out the way of an oncoming car.
The brave mum, in her 30s, and her son were struck by the car in Bulkington Lane, Nuneaton, yesterday afternoon.
They were both rushed to hospital for treatment for serious injuries.
But the girl, a pupil at Chetwynd Primary Academy, escaped with minor injuries thanks to her mum’s quick thinking.
Witness Steve Cooper, 56, who lives on Bulkington Lane, told The Sun Online: “They walked by the house and they were laughing.
“The young lad had a big poster he’d made at school. Then there was a terrible thump.
“The mum and the boy were knocked down but I think the little girl must have been pushed away. She was sat by the wall, obviously really shaken up.
“I saw the lady and the son just lying there, and the white car had stopped further down the road.
“The old fella driver kept saying ‘they just walked out – I didn’t see them’. He was very emotional. He must have been in his 70s.”
Steve added: “I was worried about the little boy because he had a nosebleed and he looked as if he’d had a knock to the head.
“I asked the lad his name, and he knew that. But his mum seemed to deteriorate as she was lying there.
“It wasn’t pleasant at all. I just hope they make full recoveries.”
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Other parents collecting kids from the two local schools stopped to help while police and paramedics raced to the scene.
An air ambulance was also sent to the scene.
A mum with children at nearby Whitestone Infant School added: “I’ve been told she pushed the girl away just in time – by a millisecond.
“I don’t know why they stepped out in front of the car but from what I’ve heard the driver wasn’t to blame. He was in tears.
“Thankfully, there’s a speed bump just before where the crash happened. Had that not been there, it could have been even worse.”
The driver of the Peugeot stopped at the scene and co-operated with police. He was not arrested.
A spokesman for Warwickshire Police said: “We were called at 3.34pm yesterday afternoon to a report of a collision in Nuneaton.
“A woman in her 30s and two children were in collision with a Peugeot on Bulkington Lane.
“The ambulance service were also in attendance, all three were taken to hospital for treatment.
“Road closures were in place whilst emergency services were in attendance.”
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman added: “The doctor from the aircraft travelled with the boy who had suffered multiple potentially serious injuries.
“The woman who was in her 30s had also suffered serious injuries; the aircraft critical care paramedic accompanied the ambulance crew en-route to hospital.
“The girl had less serious injuries.
“The driver of the car, an elderly man, was shaken but uninjured and did not need hospital treatment.”
