Michaela Boor: London mum, 29, fatally crushed by falling bricks while on school run, court told
Jurors have been told that Michaela Boor, 29, was killed when a pallet of bricks fell from a crane on a construction site.
A 29-year-old mother was on a school run when she was fatally crushed by a pallet of falling bricks as she walked past a building site, a court has been told.
The Sun reported that UK jurors were told of the catastrophic brain injuries that London mum Michaela Boor suffered after the bricks fell from a tower crane on a site at Burdett Road in Bow, East London.
The case against four construction workers and property developer Higgens Homes, who have all been charged over Boor’s March 2018 death, is currently being heard in the Old Bailey, London’s central criminal court.
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The Sun reported that Prosecutor Alexandra Healy KC told the court: “They had both walked along Burdett Road to go to Lidl and Tesco – it was Michaela’s birthday the following day and she wanted to buy some things.
“They were walking back from the shops, along Burdett Road, towards the junction with St Paul’s Way.
“Their route took them past a construction site that was being developed by Higgins Homes plc.
“A pallet of bricks that was being transported by a tower crane towards a loading bay immediately adjacent to the pavement along Burdett Way fell on to them.”
While Mustafa managed to run from the site and sustained minor injuries after being hit by bricks that fell on her hand and back, Boor was crushed by the load and suffered a fractured skull, jurors were told.
Despite being treated at the site by paramedics and rushed to the Royal London Hospital, she died from what were described as “unsurvivable” injuries two days later.
Principal contractor on the worksite Higgins Homes is facing the court charged with corporate manslaughter and a separate count under the UK’s Health and Safety at Work Act.
Also charged with gross negligence manslaughter and a separate UK Health and Safety at Work Act charge are:
- Thomas Anstis, who was employed by the developer as senior site manager and temporary work co-ordinator.
- Stephen Coulson, director of Coulson Lifting Services, who was in charge of planning lifting operations at the project site. The court was told he had not attended the site on the day of the accident.
- Crane supervisor Dawood Maan, who had been contracted by Coulson Lifting Services.
- Crane operator Alexander McInnes, a self-employed 34-year-old who was working for contractor London Tower Cranes at the time of the accident.
The court has been told Higgins Homes has denied both charges against it. The trial continues.
