My mother was killed in front of me while I held her hand when I was eight years old - I tried to blank out the horror of her death but it left me traumatised
My mother was killed in front of me while I held her hand when I was eight years old - I tried to blank out the horror of her death but it left me traumatised
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A teenage beauty queen has opened up about her agony after she saw her mother killed right in front of her when she was just a child. Olivia Lucas, from Swansea, was eight years old and holding her mother's hand when Louise Lucas, a police sergeant, was fatally struck by a bus.
![[Olivia was just eight when her mother Sergeant Louise Lucas, 41, was struck by a bus]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/27/15/94559535-14329925-Olivia_was_just_eight_when_her_mother_Sergeant_Louise_Lucas_41_w-a-10_1737992295392.jpg)
The mother and daughter had been on a shopping trip and were crossing a road when Louise was tragically dragged under the vehicle. She was 41 years old. Olivia, now 18 and studying sport and media at Swansea University, suffered minor injuries after the accident that killed her mother - but was left with post traumatic stress disorder and a lifetime of grief.
![[Louise Lucas (pictured) and Olivia had been out shopping when, crossing a road, the policewoman was dragged under a bus]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/27/15/94559551-14329925-Louise_Lucas_pictured_and_Olivia_had_been_out_shopping_when_cros-a-13_1737992295408.jpg)
A decade on from that fateful day, Olivia, who is taking part in the Miss Wales beauty pageant, hopes to win a place in the Miss World competition where she hopes to be a voice for other people who have experienced trauma. She explained how she initially tried to 'blank out' the horrors of her mother's death, which occurred in March 2015, but that led to further problems.
![[Olivia's brother Grant, who is also a police officer, uses his late mother Louise's number as part of his badge]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/27/15/94559541-14329925-Louise_s_tragic_and_untimely_death_left_Olivia_with_a_lifetime_o-a-16_1737992295427.jpg)
'It is something that is quite common. The only way your mind and body can cope is to blank it out. But then that led to other issues,' she said. Olivia Lucas (pictured), 18, is taking part in the Miss Wales beauty pageant and hopes to win a place in the Miss World competition to empower other young women.
![[Olivia, who is a sport and media student at Swansea University, wants to show other young women that it's possible to achieve 'anything you want in life' even after losing a parent]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/27/15/94559545-14329925-Olivia_who_is_a_sport_and_media_student_at_Swansea_University_wa-a-12_1737992295406.jpg)
