Patricia Doosey’s death on road not caused by driver

Published: 8 April 2010
by JOSIE HINTON

THE death of a 60-year-old woman who was knocked down by a car in Kentish Town was not caused by the driver, an inquest has heard.

Patricia Doosey was hit by a blue Daewoo saloon car at the junction of Grafton Terrace and Maitland Park Villas in September.

She was treated by paramedics at the scene and taken to the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, but died nine days after the collision.

At an inquest at St Pancras Coroner’s Court on Tuesday, police con­firmed they are taking no further action against the driver, who stopped and gave evidence to police at the scene.

The driver told police she had seen Mrs Doosey at the junction but did not expect her to step out into the road. 

Detective Sergeant Andrew Clarke, of the Collision Investigation Unit at Euston Traffic Garage, said: “It was unlikely that the vehicle was travelling more than 20mph due to the speed humps around the junction and the poor weather conditions. 

“There was no excessive damage to the vehicle and Mrs Doosey was conscious and breathing. Given all this, it was likely to be a low impact collision.”

A statement from Andrea Gibbs, a paramedic, was read out to the court. 

It described Mrs Doosey as “verbally aggressive” and said witnesses said they had seen her “staggering” across the road when the car struck her. 

The inquest heard Mrs Doosey told paramedics she had consumed three to four pints of beer. 

Anne-Marie Doosey, Mrs Doosey’s daughter, visited her mother in hospital after the accident. 

She told the inquest: “She was very confused and couldn’t remember much about the accident. She kept saying a man had knocked her over but I found out later it was a woman.” 

Coroner Andrew Reid recorded a verdict of “delayed complications secondary to a road traffic accident”.