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Inquest opens on Ellie Underhill after Tesco car fall death

An inquest has opened on a 20-year-old woman who fell from a bonnet of a car being driven around a car park.

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Eleanor Underhill died on January 3, eight days after the tragic fall happened on Boxing Day.

Black Country Coroners Court heard how the incident happened on the car park of the Tesco Extra, at Burnt Tree, near Dudley town centre, just after 10.30pm.

Miss Underhill, from Shearwater Drive, Brierley Hill, was taken to Russells Hall Hospital by friends following the incident who said she had 'fallen over,' the court heard.

Three people were arrested for manslaughter and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice in the wake of her death.

An 18-year-old man and 18-year-old woman, both from Stourbridge, and a 19-year-old man, also from Stourbridge, have all been bailed until March 29.

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