Baby girl dies after her dad reversed over her as she sat on driveway

A 19-month-old girl died after her father reversed his BMW over her, moments after she had sat down on the family's driveway. An inquest heard how Haniyah Bint Vaqas Younis had been playing in the back garden minutes before tragedy struck.

She then wandered down a path by the side of her family home, through an unsecured gate, and sat in the blind spot of her dad's BMW 3 Series. Police told the court that although the car's parking sensors had a fault following a minor crash, Haniyah was so small she likely wouldn't have set them off.

Haniyah was described as 'healthy, happy and vibrant' before the accident, Yorkshire Live reports. The incident unfolded on Saturday, May 21 last year, at her family's home on Millwater Avenue in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire.

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Bradford Coroner's Court heard yesterday (March 6) that Haniyah had sat down behind the BMW, which was parked on the driveway with the car facing the house, just after 10am that morning. Minutes later, her father got into his car and reversed over her.

There were no eyewitnesses to the tragic event but Senior Coroner Martin Dominic Fleming agonised over the 'extremely distressing' CCTV footage of the incident, provided by Haniyah's neighbours. Mr Fleming recounted the distressing scenes which followed as neighbours rushed to help poor Haniyah.

There were two doctors living on the street who rushed down to try and resuscitate her, after hearing a high-pitched scream from the girl's mother. They discovered Haniyah's mother holding the little girl in her arms and noticed blood pouring from the little one's nose.

They attempted to try and resuscitate the little