'Devastating ' head injuries : Austen Harrison , four , had been playing with a heavy fitting-room mirror . A four-year-old boy died from ‘ devastating ’ head injuries when an unstable shop mirror fell on him , an inquest heard today . Austen Harrison , of Turners Hill , West Sussex , was playing with a heavy fitting-room mirror while his father tried on a suit at a Hugo Boss shop when it toppled over and crushed him . He underwent an emergency operation to relieve pressure on his brain following the incident in Oxfordshire , but died four days later in hospital after life-support was switched off . An inquest into his death at Oxford Coroner 's Court heard that the mirror was not fixed to the wall and that its free-standing position meant it could easily overbalance . Austen was with his parents , Simon and Irina Harrison , when the incident happened at the Bicester outlet village at around 8.30pm on June 4 , 2013 . Mrs Harrison and her son met Mr Harrison after he finished work and had dinner at a Carluccio 's restaurant before going to the Hugo Boss store . In evidence read to the jury of seven men and two women by Darren Salter , the senior coroner for Oxfordshire , Mr Harrison said the shop was not busy when they arrived and that he tried on a number of suits and jackets while his wife and son wandered around . As he tried on various suits Austen came in to the changing area and began looking at himself in a large mirror and playing with its large winged sections , attached to the main mirror with hinges . Mr Harrison , a mechanical aerospace engineering consultant , said he moved the mirror 's wings himself as he looked at a suit , moving them out to an angle of about 45 degrees . Accident scene : An inquest at Oxford Coroner 's Court heard that the mirror was not fixed to the wall of the Hugo Boss store in Bicester ( above ) and that its free-standing position meant it could easily overbalance . Giving evidence : Simon Harrison ( left , today ) , the boy 's father , said the shop was not busy when they arrived and that he tried on a number of suits and jackets . Pictured ( right ) is a closed sign following the incident . He said : ‘ I did n't have any concerns because I assumed they would be fixed to the wall . I could n't think of any reason why such a large mirror would n't be fixed to the wall. ’ But as he tried on another suit and walked to his wife to try on a tie , they heard an extremely loud bang , ‘ as if something had fallen over ’ , and someone gasp . He said : ‘ I instantly knew Austen was lying underneath it , as it was not lying flat on the floor. ’ Mr Harrison went straight over and lifted the mirror from his son , who was lying motionless . He said : ‘ He was lying face up with his legs straight out and his arms by his side. ’ Treatment : Austen was taken to John Radcliffe Hospital ( pictured ) in Oxford , where he underwent emergency surgery for swelling to his brain . Mr Harrison carried his son into the main part of the shop , where an off-duty doctor assisted , but after he was taken to John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford he underwent emergency surgery for swelling to his brain . Doctors told the family Austen would not recover from the ‘ irreversible ’ brain damage . Life support was switched off and he died at 5.45am on June 8 . In his statement , Mr Harrison told the inquest that while his son was in hospital he went back to the shop and told managers he was in a critical condition . Mr Harrison said he asked the manager if he had viewed the CCTV footage , and was told it showed Austen pulling the mirror off the wall . The inquest continues . Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article .
Austen Harrison was playing with heavy fitting-room mirror in Bicester . Left with 'devastating ' head injuries after it toppled over and crushed him . A man has been killed by a falling ceiling fan at his home in the West Midlands.