Horror in suburbia: Mother of a six-month-old baby dies after being dragged along the bonnet of another woman's car 'in row over a parking space'

A mother of two has died after being knocked down in a suspected road rage attack by a woman driver.
Christie McHugh was hit by a car and sent flying onto the bonnet after she became embroiled in a row in a pub car park, witnesses said.
The 33-year-old office worker is understood to have flipped off the bonnet and careered head first into a Belisha beacon as the car drove down the main road.

Heartbreaking: Christie Marriott McHugh is pictured with her husband John and one of her children

Tragic: Christie Marriott McHugh died last night following a row with a woman over a parking space outside the Lord Kitchener pub in Barnet, north London. She is pictured on her wedding day

Mrs McHugh died from head injuries minutes later at the scene.
She is understood to have been with her five-year-old son Max and six-month-old daughter Lisa when she tried to leave the Lord Kitchener pub in Barnet, north London, on Monday at about 6.30pm.
One friend, Alice Cole, said Mrs McHugh noticed she was blocked in and asked the woman to move her car so she could get out.

‘Christie came out to put kids in the car which was blocked,’ she said. ‘She asked the woman to move the car and the woman got quite verbal. Christie has stood in the way and she has gone into her.
‘Christie stood blocking the car park to say, “Stop, I want to have a word with you about being so rude.” The woman has accelerated and put Christie on the front of the car.
‘Then she’s accelerated even more. Christie hit the lamppost at a height and then slumped down and the rest is history.’

Death: The woman, named by locals as Christie Marriott McHugh, is believed to have got into an argument with a woman outside the Lord Kitchener in Barnet, north London

Argument: The car park at the side of the pub is pictured.

One witness started to give Mrs McHugh a heart massage, but was unable to save her. Her 33-year-old husband John is understood to have been with her when she died.
Last night one friend said: ‘Now you’ve got two little kids without a mum and a grieving husband.
‘She and John were great people, really kind, warm people. You’ve only got to look around the pub to see how many people loved her.’ Another added: ‘All this for just asking someone to move out of the way – it’s disgusting.’
Miss Cole added: ‘She was just a woman who always had a smile on her face. You know how you get people in life who are always happy no matter what their lot is. That was her. She was over the moon after getting her son into school. She was just always happy, permanently happy, and just loved her kids and her husband.’

Tribute: These flowers addressed to 'Christie' were left at the scene of the incident

Horrific: The incident happened outside this busy Sainsbury's store in front of shoppers

Friend Margaret Powell said: ‘She was very bubbly. I’m devastated by what happened. I cannot believe it, it’s such a shock. She just didn’t deserve to go the way she was taken, way too soon. She was loved by many.’
Paul Lawrence, landlord of the Lord Kitchener pub, added: ‘It is such a sad and tragic loss. She was lovely. A brilliant person with two lovely kids.’
Mrs McHugh, who lived near the pub, worked at Luxx Light Technology in High Barnet as a personal assistant to director George Leonidou.
He said: ‘We’re finding it very difficult to function. We are lost without her – absolutely lost. She was a fabulous person. The most conscientious worker I have ever had and a friend.’
A woman was arrested in Barnet in connection with the death and released on bail until April.
Officers from Scotland Yard’s homicide and serous crime command are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death. Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward.

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