Woman's horror as she finds husband crushed by Range Rover outside his garage

A devastated wife has recalled the horrifying moment she found her husband's body after he was crushed by his own Range Rover.

Sarah-Jane Thirsk was left 'hysterical' after she discovered husband Henry Thirsk, 74, close to his 4x4 on the grounds of their property in Everingham, East Yorkshire on April 20, 2022.

Despite her attempts to resuscitate her husband - who owned a hotel and was part of the shooting community - he was tragically pronounced dead at the scene.

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Sarah-Jane told Hull Coroner's Court on Monday that she noticed the lights of his car from the window of her bathroom at 9.30pm while waiting for him to come home. But when she went outside to see what had happened, she spotted some 'sacks' lying close to their garage, before realising to her distress that it was in fact his body.

Speaking about the moment when she discovered Mr Thirsk, devastated Sarah-Jane told the court: "I saw the driver's door open and the back door. I started shouting for him. Then I turned round and saw what I thought was some sacks lying by the garage but it was him.

"I knelt down and when I realised it was him, I jumped up. I went hysterical then I started CPR. He was on his side, so I turned him over. It was quite hard to hear the breathing all the time."

The inquest into Mr Thirsk's death heard how he and Sarah-Jane had been together for about 18 years and had married during the pandemic. And although he had previously suffered from a couple of strokes, he was said to be in good physical health.

On the day of his death, Sarah-Jane had taken a friend, John Waters, for a doctor's appointment in Manchester, the court heard. They had