A 15-year-old boy who was killed as he was using an e-bike whereas being adopted by a police patrol automobile had been smoking hashish and was carrying virtually £700 value of medication, an inquest heard right now.
Saul Cookson died after he rode his Sur-Ron e-bike by means of bollards onto a foremost highway the place he collided with an ambulance in Salford, Better Manchester, in June 2023.
An inquest in Bolton heard right now that Saul had hashish in his pocket on the time of the crash and was a every day person.
His mom Emma Frendo tearfully advised the listening to that Saul had been arrested ‘on a few events’ throughout a ‘turbulent time’ in his life however had wished to go to varsity and be taught a commerce.
{The teenager} had been adopted by a marked BMW X5 police patrol automobile alongside Decrease Seedley Street which couldn’t undergo the bollards which led onto the principle Langworthy Street the place the collision with the ambulance occurred.
Coroner Mike Pemberton advised the jury that it might want to contemplate whether or not there was a police pursuit on Saul and if ‘acceptable insurance policies have been being adopted or any threat evaluation made on the time’.
He advised the eleven member jury: ‘You will want to contemplate whether or not any pursuit or following contributed to the collision.’
Saul’s mom Emma Frendo and his father Michael Cookson left the listening to because the jury have been proven dashcam footage from the police patrol automobile and a montage of CCTV footage of Saul using his e-bike by means of the bollards and colliding with the ambulance.
Saul Cookson, 15, was killed when his electrical bike crashed into an ambulance in Salford. This picture was launched by his household right now
Saul Cookson died after he rode his Sur-Ron e-bike by means of bollards onto a foremost highway the place he collided with an ambulance in Salford, Better Manchester, in June 2023. Pictured is the parked ambulance struck by Saul
Footage from the ambulance confirmed the collision and Saul being knocked of his e-bike and falling onto the highway.
The inquest was advised that he was taken to Salford Royal Hospital the place he was pronounced lifeless on arrival on the Accident and Emergency division.
Pathologist Usha Chandran mentioned that Saul died from a number of traumatic accidents together with fractures of two neck vertebrae inflicting compression of the spinal wire.
She mentioned that toxicology checks confirmed low ranges of hashish in Saul’s blood which have been under the UK authorized restrict for drug driving.
Dr Chandran mentioned that hashish may have an effect on Saul’s cognition and cut back his co-ordination however it was ‘tough’ to say whether or not it contributed to the reason for the accident.
Coroner Mike Pemberton advised her: ‘I have to make a direct discovering on the stability of chances as as to whether there was a direct causative impact. I’ve no proof on which I can base a secure discovering that it had a direct impact.
‘There may be proof that Saul had taken some hashish however it might be speculative what the impact on Saul would have been with out information of his capacity to course of it. He smoked it frequently.
‘A low degree could not have had a detrimental impact on his judgement.’
{The teenager} died a short while after being rushed to hospital following the crash
Saul Cookson, 15, died after he struck the entrance of the shifting ambulance. Unique footage obtained by MailOnline reveals Saul using alongside Fitzwarren Road on the e-bike at 14.01pm
A police squad automobile is then seen following behind him 4 seconds later
Toxicology knowledgeable Simon Elliott mentioned that it couldn’t be mentioned when hashish had been consumed on that day however the low degree meant there was no causative impact on the loss of life of {the teenager}.
Saul’s mom Emma Frendo wept as she advised the inquest: ‘Daily he would smoke quite a bit however I didn’t like him doing it. He wouldn’t do it in entrance of me.’
Ms Frendo, who produced a montage of images of Saul to be exhibited to the listening to, was comforted by Saul’s father Michael Cookson as her assertion was learn to the listening to by the coroner.
She mentioned the soccer loving teenager was 6ft tall and wore measurement eleven trainers.
Ms Frendo mentioned that he had been good at college and after his loss of life, she had obtained his ‘unbelievable’ GCSE outcomes.
He had been good at maths and she or he thought of him to be ‘my little genius’.
She mentioned that in his teenage years he had been arrested ‘on a few events’ throughout a ‘turbulent time’ in his life however had wished to go to varsity and be taught a commerce.
On the time of the accident, she mentioned that he had been to see a pal and was on his method dwelling on his e bike.
Officers on the scene of the crash on Langworthy Street, Salford, on the afternoon of June 8
Messages on the scene on the time mentioned ‘relaxation in peace my bro’, ‘fly excessive’, ‘shining brilliant up there’ and ‘ceaselessly 15’
Floral tributes have been tied to lampposts and candles lit within the teenager’s reminiscence
Questioned by the household’s lawyer Christian Weaver, she mentioned that he knew the roads across the are very nicely as a result of he had lived there all his life.
Constable Stephen Pennington of the Severe Street Collision Unit mentioned he discovered a number of wraps of hashish in Saul’s coat plus a meals bag which was about one third filled with hashish.
Detective Constable David Millward, a police medication knowledgeable, mentioned the entire worth of the skunk and natural hashish discovered on Saul was £679.
The inquest was advised that Saul’s mom was heard screaming on the facet to the highway on the scene of the collision.
Scholar paramedic Olivia Inexperienced was using behind the ambulance pushed by paramedic Laura Jones with fellow paramedic Aaron Fitzpatrick within the entrance seat.
Ms Inexperienced advised the listening to in an announcement that it was a scorching summer time’s day and the ambulance was returning to its base for a lunch break
She mentioned: ‘We have been travelling at underneath 30 mph and didn’t have blue lights on. I felt like one thing hit us and In thought we had hit the kerb. Laura mentioned we had hit somebody and jumped out.
‘A police officer began doing chest compressions and I used to be forwards and backwards to the ambulance getting package. There was screaming on the facet and somebody mentioned it was the affected person’s mom.’
‘I used to be actually confused as to why a police officer was there because it had solely simply occurred. He got here out of nowhere. It was not a head on collision, it regarded like he had hit the entrance bumper. We have been on our method for lunch and the subsequent factor , somebody was mendacity on the ground. It was a shock.’
Scholar Fatoumatah Badji was a passenger in a automobile on the highway and she or he mentioned: ‘This man simply got here out of a facet avenue, hit the ambulance and fell backwards onto the ground. He was going very quick on the time and was on a black e bike.
‘He was mendacity on the facet of the highway and the bike was mendacity on the facet. Two seconds later I noticed a police officer working alongside the facet of the highway the place the e bike had come from. He began doing CPR.’
Postman Shaidur Rahman advised the inquest that he heard ‘the sound of an electrical bike’ as he was doing his rounds.
‘There was an ambulance going alongside the highway. It appeared to be going very sluggish. I noticed the electrical bike come by means of the bollards being ridden by a younger male particular person carrying all black clothes . I can say he was travelling very quick by means of the bollards.
‘I feel he supposed to go straight throughout Langworthy Street and didn’t even suppose or ponder that the ambulance could be there. he collided with the motive force’s facet of the ambulance.
‘You might see the male being tossed by means of the air and touchdown on the alternative facet of the highway.’
The listening to will hear from the 2 law enforcement officials within the police patrol automobile when the inquest resumes tomorrow morning.
