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A father accidentally knocked down and killed his toddler daughter outside their home after being distracted by the family dog, an inquest has heard.
Sixteen-month-old Angel Pitts tragically died when she wandered in front of the family car outside her home in Leeds, West Yorkshire, last June.
An inquest into her death heard how father, Scott Pitts, 36, was calling his partner to fetch the family's Jack Russell from the road when the accident happened.
The little girl - who had only just learned to walk - was found underneath the family's Toyota Avensis by her devastated father. He initially thought he had hit one of children's garden toys left on the drive, the hearing was told.Sergeant Carl Quinn, from West Yorkshire Police's Collision Investigation Unit, told the coroner: 'Scott got into his vehicle to go and collect a DVD for the family to watch later that evening.
'Angel was in the house watching TV. He went forward when the dog followed him out of the gate. He called to Megin to fetch it inside. Angel had apparently left the house unseen by anyone.
'She walked into the road to the near side of the vehicle within the path of the turning car - she was struck by the near side front wheel resulting in a knock to the ground and injuries to her head.
'Scott realised he had impacted with something which he thought was one of the children's toys. As he looked he found Angel underneath the car by the front wheels.'
Mr Pitts' partner Megin Darch told police in interview: 'Scott shouted at me to pick up the dog as he didn't want to run it over so I went out to pick it up. It always runs in the road.
'Shortly after I heard a scream. He was screaming 'help me, help me'.'
The family paid tribute to her by wearing onesies at her funeral.
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