The death of a 58-year-old mum-of-three, who was knocked down by a car as it skidded off an icy road, was a “tragic accident”, a coroner has ruled.

Lai-Mei Pang, of Deeley Road, Battersea, hit her head on the ground after she was hit by the car on a “treacherous” side road on December 22, last year.

Despite being rushed to Kings College Hospital, doctors decided the seriousness of Mrs Pang’s injuries meant “survival was impossible” and switched off her life support machine - before her sons were able to travel from Hong Kong to say goodbye.

At the time, Mrs Pang’s husband, Shun-Yuen, told the Wandsworth Guardian of his anger over their actions and pledged to make a formal complaint against the hospital.

He was at Westminster Coroner’s Court last Wednesday to hear how Ahmad Hassan “lost control” of the car he was driving along Thessaly Road shortly after 7pm.

Mr Hassan, who has lived in Britain for five years and works as a bus driver on the 156 route, said he was aware the road was “quite icy” and slowed down accordingly.

Speaking through a Somali translator, he said: “I saw a lady coming into the road and at that point I had to hit the brakes, from there on I lost control.

“I kept braking and I was trying to turn but I could not get control of the steering wheel.”

In a statement read out, his friend and passenger, Muna Abdulle said: “The car hit the lady in a slow manner. At the time of collision the lady was still looking at us.”

She said both her and Mr Hassan immediately thought Mrs Pang had been killed.

Hairdresser Maria Pereira, who had spoken with Mrs Pang earlier that day while she cut her hair, said Mrs Pang was “in a happy mood” and excited about her children visiting for Christmas.

She discovered Mrs Pang by the car minutes after the incident and saw her eyes open before closing again.

Mrs Pereira added: “I had seen about five accidents that week on the same part of the road.”

PC Tom Booth, a collision investigator, said despite the road being gritted the night before, it was “really treacherous” and “quite difficult to stand up”.

He estimated Mr Hassan was travelling “in the region of 17mph” when the wheels of his car locked and it began skidding. The speed limit was 30mph.

PC Booth said he believed Mrs Pang was on or close to the kerb when she was hit, adding he was “fairly confident” the skull fracture, blood clots and brain swelling she sustained were caused by her head hitting the ground.

Deputy coroner, Shirley Radcliffe, recorded Mrs Pang died of multiple head injuries.

She said: “[Mr Hassan] has a reasonable amount of experience driving but those conditions he found himself in were particularly hazardous.

“At the end of the day this is nothing other than a tragic accident.”