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Mum found son, 13, dying in road
A mother who stopped at a crash scene to offer
medical help discovered the victim was her own teenage son, an inquest in
Truro heard on Tuesday.
Antony Lord, 13, was riding his BMX bike along a busy main road when he suddenly swerved to the right without warning and was hit by a car. By chance, his parents Nigel and Joanne were driving along the same stretch of the A39 in north Cornwall at the time. A verdict of accidental death was recorded in the case.
Antony, of St Columb Major, Cornwall, and his friend, Ricky James, set out on their BMXs to visit a friend in Indian Queens on 6 February. The pair were cycling back towards St Columb Major when the accident occurred. Ricky saw Antony, who was in front of him, swerve to the right across the road without signalling. The teenager said his friend could have been showing off or may have intended to cross the road to reach some bike ramps. Antony, who did not own a cycle helmet, was wearing only a baseball cap on his head, the inquest heard. 'Dull thud' John Dolman, 57, was driving home to Wadebridge when he spotted the two ahead of him. He said: "Suddenly the pedal cyclist turned right across my path. It did not appear to be a wobble - he just turned right. "I immediately hit the brakes, turned right with my right hand and sounded my horn with my left hand. "My vehicle was almost in the opposing lane, and for a split second I thought, 'Thank God, I've missed him.' Then there was a dull thud." Acting Sgt Quentin McCameron told the inquest Mr Dolman had given a negative breath test for alcohol and no charges had been brought against him. 'Bad way' Mrs Lord, who has three other children, wept as her statement was read out to the inquest. She said: "I could see Antony was in a bad way, and deep down I knew he would probably die. "Antony was a responsible child, and I would describe him as an adult in a child's body." A post-mortem examination found the teenager died of cerebral trauma and a fractured skull. Dr Peter Blackwell-Smyth, the deputy coroner for Cornwall, recorded a verdict of accidental death. |
