A 16-year-old girl died after being struck by four cars and a double-decker bus when the drivers mistook her body for a dead animal, an inquest heard.
Jessica Dunning was crossing a dimly-lit road to get to her bus stop when she was mown down by a Mazda MX5 on her way to college at 7am on December 17 last year.
As she lay seriously injured on the A158 in Skegness, Lincolnshire, she was crushed by multiple vehicles who all failed to notice her body in the street.
Emergency services rushed to treat the pretty teen but she was pronounced dead at the scene as a result of serious head trauma.
On Wednesday the driver of the Mazda told an inquest he had failed to see the college student because there was no street lighting on the road.
Giving evidence at Spilsby Coroner's Court, Peter Whitfield said: "It was so dark.
"There was no street lighting.
"There was a bump and I thought it was an animal.
"I immediately stopped.
"A man came and told me to go back to the car and an ambulance came."
Coroner for Central Lincolnshire Stuart Fisher said he would be urging the local authority to install street lighting on the road to prevent a repeat of the tragedy.
He said: "I propose to ask the county council to install lights to the west of South View for the safety of pedestrians and in line with a new holiday park being built in the area."
(Daily Mirror)
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