Accident - Chalky Road, Mile Oak

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

http://www.arguslite.co.uk/display.var.2416024.0.boy_9_dies_after_crash.php

It's worth remembering the driver at this time. It seems as if the poor lad ran out behind the bus in his desire to get to the Summer School. Driver stopped and was interviewed but not arrested and not being charged. He/she will have to live with this for the rest of their life too.

 

[Postman Pat]

Was it Coldean school? Alot of flowers & shirts etc have been posted on the gates to the school field today.

Yeah he attened Coldean School and played for Coldean Colts hence the flowers etc...

 

[SpidersLegs]

Yeah he attened Coldean School and played for Coldean Colts hence the flowers etc...

I live opposite the gates & people have been coming & going all day leaving tributes. Looks like he was a bit of a Liverpool fan as there is a few scarfs & shirts there.

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

Wondered why there were so many flowers outside the school today - sad news. Hopefully this won't be in vain and that pedestrians and drivers alike will be more careful on that road.

There isn't much by way of crossings etc. to be put on that road, there are already islands etc on there.

 

[kinkykermit]

henry who was hit buy a car on chalky road

firstly henry didnt run out in front of the car !!! nor is he a chav !!! he's a nine year old boy who has DIED as a result of the accident on friday , i know his mother lou and his brother george very well , henry went to school with my children !!! and it is a terrible loss !!! it makes me sick to the stomach reading what some of you have posted , if you have children yourself i hope to god something like this doesnt happen to yours and you have to read what cr*p people have written !!!!!

 

[portslade seagull]

Very sad and so young....deepest sympathy to the family..so so sad

 

[Mrs Coach]

My opinion of a couple of posters on here has gone very much downhill as a result of reading this thread.

We are playing a friendly with Coldean Colts in a couple of weeks, and I suspect young Henry was a part of their squad, which must be devistating for his team mates, school friends and family. I pray this poor little lad didn't feel any pain while the medical staff tried in vain to save his life. My sympathies to everyone who knew him and his family.
As a parent of a nine year old, boisterous football mad boy, this put chills down my spine. How many times, despite unending parental warnings have kids taken a step out into the road, or as in this case, peeked out around a car or bus. Just one second to devistate so many people. Sleep well and in peace young man.

Mrs Coach. xx

 

[JBizzleBeard]

RIP Henry.

 

[JJ McClure]

firstly henry didnt run out in front of the car !!!

Without being insensitive, but may I ask if he didn't run out in front of the car how did he happen to be hit?

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

firstly henry didnt run out in front of the car !!!

Without being insensitive, but may I ask if he didn't run out in front of the car how did he happen to be hit?

From the Argus:

After getting off the bus the excited youngster thought he saw his cousins at the college and was going to cross the road.

Vicky said: “Henry loved his cousins and when he got off the bus he told his mum he could see them.

“She is always careful on the road and told him to wait so he stopped. But he just popped his head out from behind the bus to look and the car hit him.”

Henry suffered head injuries and was flown to the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel but died in the early hours of Saturday at Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital.

 

[SurreySeagulls]

RIP young man, may you watch over all of us and bring a smile to us all in these sad times. Thoughts and prayers to Henry's family.

 

[BUTTERBALL]

What a terrribly tragic and sad story. If it were my son, I don't know if I would be able to cope with it. My thoughts are with the parents and family.