Liam Turner suffered irreversible brain damage and died in hospital
Lyndsay Turner was behind the wheel for the first time when she accidentally ran over her son, an inquest has heard.
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A three-year-old boy died after he was run over by his mother while she was learning to drive, an inquest has heard.
Lyndsay Turner, 34, was behind the wheel of the car for the first time when she hit her son Liam in June last year, Norwich Coroner's Court heard.
In a statement she said she was pulling the car into a parking area near their home in Adland Road, Watton, Norfolk, after asking her husband to teach her to drive.
Liam was playing with his older sister nearby when Mrs Turner's foot slipped and the car "jolted suddenly forward", she told police.
Her husband Stephen Turner, 37, who was supervising his wife from outside the vehicle, picked Liam up from underneath the car and drove him towards a hospital before flagging down an ambulance.
He was airlifted to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, but died a short time later.
He had suffered a serious head injury and irreversible brain damage.
Deputy Coroner Nicholas Holroyd recorded a conclusion of accidental death.
He told the couple: "This was an appalling tragedy and you both have my profound sympathy for this loss.
"There are very few parents who when looking back haven't said to themselves 'that was a near thing', tragically this ended as disastrously as it did."
The couple chose not to comment after the hearing, but shortly after Liam's death they issued a statement saying there were "devastated by the loss of our darling little man".
"Liam was a happy, content little boy who was always smiling and laughing," they said.
"He had a wonderful sense of humour and brought joy to the lives of everyone who knew him. He was deeply loved.
"Life will not be the same without him."
Although Mrs Turner was driving on a public road without a driving licence and no insurance, PC Forbes Scott told the court the Crown Prosecution Service had decided it was not in the public interest to bring charges against her.
Lyndsay Turner, 34, was behind the wheel of the car for the first time when she hit her son Liam in June last year, Norwich Coroner's Court heard.
In a statement she said she was pulling the car into a parking area near their home in Adland Road, Watton, Norfolk, after asking her husband to teach her to drive.
Liam was playing with his older sister nearby when Mrs Turner's foot slipped and the car "jolted suddenly forward", she told police.
Her husband Stephen Turner, 37, who was supervising his wife from outside the vehicle, picked Liam up from underneath the car and drove him towards a hospital before flagging down an ambulance.
He was airlifted to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, but died a short time later.
He had suffered a serious head injury and irreversible brain damage.
Deputy Coroner Nicholas Holroyd recorded a conclusion of accidental death.
He told the couple: "This was an appalling tragedy and you both have my profound sympathy for this loss.
"There are very few parents who when looking back haven't said to themselves 'that was a near thing', tragically this ended as disastrously as it did."
The couple chose not to comment after the hearing, but shortly after Liam's death they issued a statement saying there were "devastated by the loss of our darling little man".
"Liam was a happy, content little boy who was always smiling and laughing," they said.
"He had a wonderful sense of humour and brought joy to the lives of everyone who knew him. He was deeply loved.
"Life will not be the same without him."
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