‘She fell under the car,’ says social worker accused of killing friend

A social worker who ran over and killed her elderly friend when she was driving home from the school run told a court that the pensioner fell under her car. Elizabeth Avorga, 42, had dropped her four children off at school and nursery and was driving into the service road near her Croydon home when Janet Emmett, 71, tried to cross in front of her. Mrs Emmett was on crutches and Avorga said she was crossing towards the driver’s right…