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FILE PICTURE The scene of the accident where former Mayor of Eastbourne Beryl Healy died after being hit by her own car. A former mayor died when she was run over by her own car while unloading shopping, an inquest heard. See SWNS story SWCRUSH; Former mayor of Eastbourne Beryl Healy, 79, was crushed by her car after failing to put its handbrake on properly. The frail widow parked her Renault Modus on her steep drive at her house in Eastbourne, East Sussex, but as she got out and went to the back of the car to unload her shopping, it started to roll down her drive.