Homeowner killed in front of granddaughter when she was crushed to death by a metal gate at her Blofield, Norfolk, home Gate was installed in 'last two months' Neighbour said family only moved into the home last summer A woman was crushed to death in front of her granddaughter by a metal gate which fell on top of her at the end of her own driveway. The victim, who has not yet been named but is thought to be in her 50s, was with the young child at the time. Norfolk Police have launched an investigation into the tragedy in Blofield, near Norwich. Crushed: Police are investigating after a woman died when she was trapped after the metal gate fell on her in the driveway of her home in Blofield, Norfolk It is understood the woman got out of her car at her home to look at the gate when it collapsed on top of her on Wednesday night. Her granddaughter, believed to be aged four, was in the car nearby. The woman lived in the newly-revamped home with her family and granddaughter. She was found unconscious beneath the black gate at about 6.30pm by two stunned horse riders. One of the riders stayed with her while the other rushed to get help from neighbour Anne Neame. Mrs Neame said: 'It just shocked everybody. You don't expect something like that to happen on your doorstep.' She said the riders were going up the road when their animals refused to go any further. Trapped: The woman was found unconscious under the gate by two stunned horse riders as her granddaughter waited anxiously in the car nearby 'They saw this gate had collapsed and then when they looked again they saw someone was underneath it,' said Mrs Neame. She was trying to help the stricken woman when she spotted the little girl in the car. Mrs Neame said: 'She said,"My nana has fallen over." We brought her up here (the horse yard) and played with the horses. She said the family moved in last summer and the gate was installed in the last two months. Paramedics and fire crews dashed to the scene but the woman was pronounced dead. The Health and Safety Executive and Norfolk Trading Standards are investigating the accident with the police. Nine-year-old Jason Keet died after he was crushed by an electronic gate when he was visiting his grandparents at a complex of flats at Poole in Dorset in 2006. In 2010 six-year-old Semelia Campbell, died when she was caught between the rolling gate and brick posts of a wall at her Moss Side, Manchester, home. A boy was crushed to death by a parking lot gate he was playing on during a game of chicken in New York in 2012. Yakim McDaniels, 12, had climbed onto the gate as it rose up but got his head caught in the gate 20 feet above ground.