The duck and ducklings are seen moments before the Renault crushes two stragglers (Picture: Lincolnshire Live/BPM Media)

A ‘heartless’ driver ran over two ducklings at they crossed the road at a McDonald’s drive-thru.

Vicky Smith watched on in disbelief as the motorist crushed two stragglers after placing their order at the fast food chain in Skegness, Linconshire, yesterday.

The mum-of-two said the Renault Megane driver showed no hint of remorse as they drove to the next window without looking back.

Vicky, who was with her 7-year-old son, Saul, and her 5-year-old daughter, Eve, said it upset the whole family.


The 39-year-old told Lincolnshire Live: ‘We were completely gobsmacked – she did not even look back after she did it.

Vicky Smith watched on in disbelief as the driver crushes two ducklings (Picture: Lincolnshire Live/BPM Media)

‘My son was distraught. When we were coming back round we could see the daddy duck looking for the little ducklings.



‘We couldn’t believe anyone could be so heartless.’

She added: ‘She placed her order and then just drove through them. We thought that it wouldn’t matter if she had to wait a few minutes for them to move so she could drive forward.

‘She obviously saw them.’

Vicky and her children had travelled to Skegness from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, to enjoy a couple of days at the coast during the half term holiday.

Vicky Smith said her two children, Eve, 5, and Saul, 7, were left distraught (Picture: Lincolnshire Live/BPM Media)

She had been taking pictures and filming the ducklings for Saul, who has learning difficulties, so he could show his class mates what he had been doing during the break.

Vicky says the incident has left Saul very sad.

She said: ‘He is very upset about it. He’s been telling his granddad about the nasty woman who drove over the ducklings.’

Vicky got out of her car after the incident and told McDonald’s staff, who took the dead ducklings away.