Police officer finds his own mother has been run over and killed by new driver, 79, after 999 call

PC Bryan Moore was called to the scene of the crash in Hull in October last year
The officer was unaware at the time that the victim was mother Irene Moore, 70
Driver Harold Milner accidentally pressed the accelerator instead of the brake
He took his test to drive his wife to hospital after she was diagnosed with cancer

By George Martin For Mailonline

Published: 19:54 BST, 28 June 2018 | Updated: 19:55 BST, 28 June 2018

A police officer called out to a car crash was horrified to discover his own mother had been killed by a 79-year-old new driver who had passed his test just three weeks earlier.

After a 999 call was made following the accident in central Hull on 23 October last year, PC Bryan Moore rushed to the scene to assist – a court heard.

The driver Harold Milner had accidentally pressed the accelerator instead of the brake, sending his vehicle careering into Irene Moore, 70 – PC Moore’s mother.

Hull Crown Court heard that the policeman was unaware the victim was his mother until he heard her name later on the police radio.

In a victim statement read out in court, PC Moore described how his mother’s face was covered by a breathing bag as she was being treated by paramedics.

Irene Moore, 70, was killed by the speeding car on Hessle High Road (pictured) in the centre of Hull

Irene Moore, 70, was killed by the speeding car on Hessle High Road (pictured) in the centre of Hull

‘I took a quick glance at the lady on the floor… but it did not register with me that this was my own mother.

‘I have to live with my last memories of my mother not being pleasant and seeing her in such a distressing state,’ he said.

Milner was handed a four-month jail term, suspended for 12 months after denying causing death by dangerous driving, but admitting causing death by careless driving, at a previous hearing.

The court heard how the pensioner had decided to learn to drive so he could take his terminally ill wife to and from hospital after she was recently diagnosed with bone cancer.

Mrs Moore was knocked down at a junction near a supermarket and suffered serious head injuries.

She was rushed to hospital for treatment but died three days later.

Despite his mother’s death PC Moore said he bore ‘no ill feeling’ towards Milner and did not want him to be jailed.

Sentencing Milner, Judge Mark Bury said: ‘It’s a tragedy for all concerned. It is a truly remarkable and unique case.’

Milner’s barrister John Thackeray said his client had surrendered his licence and had ‘no intention of ever driving’.