A dog walker was reportedly found dead by his mum just hours after he was allegedly attacked by three schoolchildren. John Hackett was pronounced dead at a property, believed to be his mum's, in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, on Wednesday morning.
11.04.2023 - 10:19 / dailyrecord.co.uk
The family of a nine-year-old boy who was nearly killed in a horrific scooter accident after he fell down an eight-feet-drop are raising money to thank those who saved his life. Ioan Watts from Bedwas was rushed to the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff on October 3 after he fell off his scooter outside his home and was left critically injured.
His mum Lydia Watts said the schoolboy fell eight feet down and landed directly on his head on the concrete ground, Wales Online reports. The accident left Ioan in a coma for almost a month and six months later he is still recovering from the horrendous accident after suffering brain swelling and a fracture in his skull.
The 43-year-old credited the Welsh Air Ambulance charity and Noah Ark's Children Hospital for saving her son's life as she said he would not have survived without their help. Describing how the incident unfolded, Lydia recalled: "We were getting ready for school and he was ready early because it was his brother Rhodri's eighth birthday.
"He went outside on his scooter and he fell. It wouldn't have been a major disaster but then he slid and fell off a ledge at a height. His brother heard him yelling, so we went to see and as soon as we saw him I could tell something really bad had happened.
"He sat up and was briefly conscious, but when I got to him he had a fit, fell back and went unconscious." At this point, terrified Lydia said she went into 'survival mode' and shouted for her husband Rich to call the emergency services.
She said paramedics were quick to arrive at the scene before the air ambulance took over. Lydia said: "After my husband called the ambulance, I stayed with Ioan and put him in the recovery position.
"Then the ambulance call handler told me
A dog walker was reportedly found dead by his mum just hours after he was allegedly attacked by three schoolchildren. John Hackett was pronounced dead at a property, believed to be his mum's, in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, on Wednesday morning.
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