An inquest has been opened and adjourned into the death of 14-year-old Liberty Baker.

The Henry Box School pupil was killed as she walked to school last Monday when a car mounted the kerb in Curbridge Road.

Yesterday at Oxfordshire Coroner’s Court coroner Darren Salter said a date for the hearing was yet to be decided. He said the preliminary cause of death was head injuries and adjourned for a review of the case on September 8.

  • On Saturday we said an 18-year-old had been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving. In fact it was death by dangerous driving. He was bailed to August 10.
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