Children Killed on M56

[Mr Aleks]

Originally Posted by mallard

At that age they should have not gone of there door step,but it is a sad loss my thout,s go out to there mum and dad,s

My point exactly really.

[lancscat]

having young children my self ,i am amazed that parents let children of these ages go wandering with no checks on them.i never let mine out of my site,still its a tradgedy of two young boysand the drivers of the vechicles.my heart goes out to everyone concerned,

[West Ender]

Originally Posted by Tin Monkey

The bloke I heard on the news yesterday was not the father of the two lads. Apparently the lads were living with a bloke who was looking after them for the parents (or the Mother in particular, as the Father wasn't mentioned). He apologised to the Mother and said he'd done his best to look after them.

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No, that was the 6 year old's dad. He has split from the child's mother and the child had gone to live with him and his other children. I still say the man should never have left a child of that age playing out without supervision. He didn't bother where that child was until 5 o clock and, even then, he said he waited 40 minutes before going to look for him.

[Tin Monkey]

Originally Posted by West Ender

No, that was the 6 year old's dad. He has split from the child's mother and the child had gone to live with him and his other children. I still say the man should never have left a child of that age playing out without supervision. He didn't bother where that child was until 5 o clock and, even then, he said he waited 40 minutes before going to look for him.

Ah, my apologies. I was doing other things at the time I heard it on the radio.

A very sad case, whatever the events were that led up to the deaths.

[mani]

another death of a man crossing a motorway

A man has been killed trying to cross the M25 close to the Dartford Tunnel.

Police officers were already at the scene when the person ran across the carriageway and was hit by a van at about 0500 BST on Saturday.

The incident has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) but the reason for the referral has not been revealed.

The anti-clockwise carriageway between Darenth and the Littlebrook interchange was closed for six hours.

A spokesman for the IPCC said: "At 5am this morning a young man was killed on the tunnel approach road, A282, near Bow Arrow Lane, Dartford.

"Kent Police officers had been called to the scene and it is reported that the male pedestrian ran across the motorway and was hit by a van."

The vehicle was not a police van, the IPCC spokesman added.