Article: Motorway victim feared dark

The father of a seven-year-old boy killed on a motorway said yesterday his son may have been rushing home because he was afraid of the dark.

Kieran Coupe, seven, and his six-year-old friend Guy Davies were struck by three cars as they crossed the M56 close to their home in Runcorn, Cheshire, on Wednesday night.

Kieran's father, Colin Lambert, 31, said he suspects the boys may have accidentally wandered on to the carriageway after getting lost in woods between the motorway and their housing estate in Murdishaw, Runcorn.

The two boys were killed outright in the accident which happened at 7.20pm.

Kieran and Guy, who live in the same street and are friends at Murdishaw Primary School, had been ...

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