article_snippet: The driver, who had been making Lara Fernandes-Pontes way down the narrow street at a slow speed, would have had 'no chance' of stopping before Lara Fernandes-Pontes hit Lara, the hearing was told.
article_snippet: Police constable Anthony Winter told the hearing in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, that the driver would have had around one second between seeing Lara and hitting Lara.
article_snippet: the driver said that the Land Rover Discovery IV had been driving at between 14mph and 16mph at the time of the accident, and that Lara was so short the male driver would not have seen Lara above the male driver bonnet at the point of impact.
article_snippet: the driver had about one second to react by the time the driver saw Lara.
article_snippet: You've got to see what's happening, think what you're going to do and then do the driver.
article_snippet: With such a low distance and such a short time there's nothing the driver could have done about it.'
article_snippet: the driver said the driver reacted instinctively. '
article_snippet: Recording a verdict of accidental death, the driver described Lara's death as a 'tragic accident'. '
article_snippet: the driver had no chance whatsoever, it was quite clear that as soon as the driver realised what was happening it would have happened. '
highlights_snippet: Coroner said driver of car had 'no chance' of stopping before he hit Lara Fernandes-Ponteswas .