A three-year-old boy was crushed to death by a 4x4 being driven by his dad at a Welsh farm.
Evan Williams died after falling out of the back of the vehicle dad Dewi was driving as it reversed.
The little boy’s mum Sian and older sister were also in the Land Rover and witnessed the horrific accident.
An inquest into the death heard how tragedy struck on the afternoon of October 21, 2018 at Ceunant Farm farm in Carmarthenshire, Wales Online reports.
Evan was sitting in the back of the vehicle.
The family, who lived on another farm a few miles away in Ceredigion, were transporting sheep on the land at the time and a trailer was attached to the vehicle, the inquest heard.
As the vehicle was reversing, one of the rear doors opened and Evan fell from the back.
He fell onto the ground below and the vehicle continued to reverse over him, causing “catastrophic injuries” to his head and skull.
Speaking at the inquest into the death, held at Pembrokeshire Cornoer’s Court in Milford Haven on Friday morning, police sergeant Shane Davies described when he arrived at the scene.
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He said: “It was obvious to me that the incident involved only one vehicle - a Land Rover Defender.
“It was towing a trailer. It had been reversing backwards down a slope.
“Due to the nature of the manoeuvre, it would have restricted the view of the driver.
“There were obstructions on both sides.
“During this manoeuvre, for an unknown reason, Evan was crushed underneath the offside rear which resulted in catastrophic injuries to his head and skull.”
Sergeant Davies added “In my opinion [the door] had been securely fastened. For some unknown reason the door of the Land Rover had opened and the child fell from it or otherwise left the vehicle.
“At which time the vehicle has continued to reverse backwards and over his skull.”
A jury at the inquest returned a conclusion of accidental death.
Summing up the case, the coroner for Carmarthenshire, Mark Layton, consoled the Williams family, who were in tears at the rear of the court.
“Thank you to Evan’s parents for attending this inquest today,” said Mr Layton.
“This was a terrible tragedy and Evan’s family have my heartfelt sympathy.”
