A TODDLER reaching for his skateboard underneath the family car was killed when his grandfather moved the vehicle, a coroner has heard.
Charles 'Charlie' Taylor, who was just three years old, died following the accident in the driveway of his home in Bury Road, Branksome, on October 1 this year.
An inquest heard that the car was fitted with parking sensors and a reversing camera, all of which were in good working condition.
However, it is thought that the young boy had been attempting to get to his skateboard, later found directly underneath the automatic Volkswagen Sharan people carrier.
Charlie's grandfather, Tyrone Taylor, 'bore no blame' for the incident, it was heard.
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Mr Taylor had been washing the car prior to the accident.
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