A 21-year-old beauty queen died after being crushed by her own car while unloading items in icy conditions, an inquest has heard. Eleisha Skinner, who was crowned Miss Faversham in 2022, was reverse-parked outside her accommodation in High Wycombe on January 4 when the vehicle slipped on a sloped driveway covered in ice.
The aspiring social worker, a student at Buckinghamshire New University, was pinned against a wall after the Audi A1 rolled backwards. A resident heard a bang and screams before finding her unconscious. She was taken to John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford but died on January 8 from anoxic brain injury due to asphyxia compression.
Senior coroner Crispin Butler told Buckinghamshire Coroner's Court that the driveway had not been salted or gritted, and there were no barriers to prevent overrun. The car was in neutral with the handbrake fully up and had no defects. The coroner issued a prevention of future deaths report to the accommodation owner, Howarth Property, which has since installed railings.
Ms Skinner's family described her as a 'kind, selfless and passionate young woman' with a 'fun, bubbly personality'. Buckinghamshire New University confirmed she will be awarded a posthumous BSc with honours in social work.
