A little boy finds himself trapped in a swing, the outcome is dramatic

A tragic accident. On August 7, 2022, a 10-year-old boy died while on a swing in a small wood in Leicestershire, UK. reports The Daily Mirror. Riain Brennan-Byrne, who lived in Ireland with his father, Derek, was spending his 2022 summer vacation with his mother Niamh, near Coalville, when the tragedy occurred. While playing with his friends at Holly Hayes Wood, a wood not far from his mother’s house, the young boy found himself trapped in the rope of a swing hanging from a tree. It was then that he lost consciousness.

The children present immediately called for help and several people performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Rushed to Leicester Royal Infirmary, Riain died about an hour later. The coroner, Ivan Cartwright, concluded to an accidental strangulation, estimating that the rope put pressure on the neck of the victim. “It is a swing that many of us would have played with, in our childhood. The only conclusion I can find is that of accidental death. It was a tragic accident, said the coroner. My deepest condolences to his loved ones.”

“The loss of my son is something that nothing could have prepared me for”

Devastated, the boy’s mother spoke during an interrogation related to the accident. “My heart is brokenshe said. The loss of my son is something that nothing could have prepared me for. He was always my king and was much loved by his brothers and stepsisters. They miss him a lot. He left a huge void in our lives. He will always be with us and I will always be his mother.“ At the end of the year, £17,500 (about €20,000) was collected via an iDonate page to repatriate the body of little Riain to Ireland. It was there that he was buried, surrounded by all his relatives.