A woman known affectionately as the 'Car Lady' of Chiswick was crossing the road when she was hit by a lorry, an inquest heard.
Anne Naysmith was a talented pianist who after being evicted from her home in Chiswick during the 70s took to sleeping in a car outside, apparently in protest at her treatment.
When the car was removed, she slept on the streets, creating a garden in a car park behind Stamford Brook Tube station, which she loving tended.
She became known for refusing any offers of charity, often in a rather brusque manner.
She was a regular at local churches and a keen cricket fan, and her eccentric lifestyle and tale of misfortune made her a local celebrity.
More than 500 people attended her funeral following her death, aged 78, last February, and her shelter was turned into a shrine bedecked with flowers and candles.
An inquest held at West London Coroner's Court on Tuesday, January 26 heard how she had got off a bus in Chiswick High Road, outside the bus garage, on February 10, 2015.
She was struck by a passing lorry while crossing the road and was pronounced dead at the scene, the inquest heard.
Assistant coroner Kally Cheema concluded Ms Naysmith had died from severe pelvic and lower limb injuries sustained in a road traffic collision.
