A woman was killed after she was hit by a driver in south Manchester during a police chase.
01.02.2022 - 10:40 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The devastated mum of a 'beautiful and funny' young woman killed when her ex-partner drove into a taxi at 98mph says her family has not seen justice.
Paige Rice, 22, was the passenger in an Audi S3 when it crashed, head on, into the Mercedes taxi inside the Queensway Tunnel under the River Mersey in Liverpool just after midnight on Sunday, October 17, last year.
The Audi was being driven by her ex-partner Callum Miller, a 27-year-old labourer from Stockport, who also died from his injuries.
An inquest into their deaths, held at Gerard Majella Courthouse in Liverpool today, heard how the driver of the taxi suffered 'life-changing' injuries to his leg and hip in the collision and has undergone extensive surgery since.
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The court heard Merseyside Police initially launched a criminal investigation into a potential offence of causing death by dangerous driving, but the probe was dropped when it became clear Mr Miller would not survive.
Speaking after the hearing, Paige's mum Clare Rice described the moment she was awoken in the early hours of the morning by a police officer, knocking on the front door of the family home in Marston Green, Solihull.
"I think I woke up the whole neighbourhood. It was so hard to take in, especially as we had to identify her that day as well," she told the Liverpool Echo.
Describing Paige's life and dreams, she said: "Paige used to say that this year was going to be her last year of partying.
"She was going to go to Mexico, that was going to be her big expensive holiday and then the following year she wanted to start saving and buy a house.
"She was very business minded. She loved making money and she
A woman was killed after she was hit by a driver in south Manchester during a police chase.
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The heartbroken mother of a ‘beautiful’ young woman who tragically died in a tunnel crash says her family has not had justice.