'I was screaming and begging him to try CPR again - but she was already gone': Mum relives horror of the night her daughter died on the way to the chippy with her friend

20.01.2022 - 22:29 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Lily had been safe at home all day and had only ventured out to get some chips for her tea with her friend.

It was not long after she left that her mum got the phone call that would change her life forever.

A month on from the tragic death of Lily Rose Morris, 10, who was hit by a car in Oldham the week before Christmas, her mum has spoken publicly for the first time.

Her lasting memory is seeing her little girl being put in the back of an ambulance after paramedics failed to find a pulse.

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It had been a usual Saturday night for the family on December 18.

Mel, 32, had been looking after 10-year-old daughter Lily and her friend. They had spent the day playing together.

Mel had given them money to walk to the chippy.

That was the last time she would see her little girl alive.

In an interview with the Manchester Evening News , Mel has spoken about the heart-wrenching events which unfolded that evening for the first time.

"I had made Lily her favourite dippy eggs and soldiers and she had her friend come round for the day," she said.

"It was at around 4.30pm when I called upstairs asking what they wanted for tea, and in usual Lily fashion she just said 'dunno'.

"I told them both to walk to the chippy and get themselves some food.

"It is so close to the house, I could've kept an eye on her and watched her from the upstairs window."

Minutes later, Mel's phone rang.

What followed was every parent's worst nightmare.

Mel said: "It was just after 5pm that I got a call from [Lily's friend's] mum in a panic. She couldn't even speak or manage to get her words out.

"I kept asking where Lily was and what had