Boy, 13, dies in dad's arms after motorbike is hit by car

Jul 6 2008 By Norman Silvester

THE heartbroken parents of a schoolboy killed in a motorbike accident yesterday revealed how his death had ripped their world apart.

Tragic Wayne Shaw, 13, was killed when he drove into the path of an oncoming car just round the corner from his home in Sauchie, Clackmannanshire.

He had sneaked out on his 110cc Yamaha mini-motocross bike on Friday without telling his parents - and was not wearing a crash helmet or protective clothing.

As Wayne came to a junction, he took his eye off the road to wave to his friends and ran straight into the path of the silver Vauxhall Astra.

His devastated parents rushed to the scene and were with him when he died after suffering serious head injuries.

Dad Frank, 41, cradled his son as he stopped breathing.

Wayne's tearful mother June, 44, said: "We are all absolutely devastated.

"I have never felt as bad as this before in my life, it is horrible to lose a son. I have not been able to stop crying since it happened.

"He was a really popular boy in the area. Everyone knew him and liked him.

"He was the youngest of our four kids and he was the baby of the family. We would give anything to have him back."

Dad Frank said: "When I got there he was unconscious.

"When he stopped breathing, it felt like someone had rippedmy heart out.

"The only marks he had were a hole above his right eye and cuts above his left and bottom lip.

"The paramedics and hospital staff did their best to revive him but the doctors told us he would have died instantly when his head hit the car."

Frank said: "I would always tell him to make sure to put on his crash helmet and to make sure he put safety first if he was going to ride his bike. But he had sneaked out on it without telling us."

The grieving dad refused to blame the 60-year-old driver of the car for the accident.

He said: "It wasn't his fault. Wayne drove through the junction and went straight into the path of the car.

"He was too busy waving to his pals to watch where he was going."

Frank added: "He had motorbikes from when he was three years old.

"His dream was to be a motocross racer and a motorbike mechanic.

"He had only got the bike a couple of weeks before the accident and had fixed it up himself.

"I would take Wayne to a local quarry if he wanted to ride his bike but there are no proper facilities.

"If there was a proper track the kids would not be riding in the street."

Football shirts, flags and dozens of floral tributes were left at the scene by family and friends yesterday.

One message was left on a brick while flowers were left in a beer can.

Police have appealed for witnesses to the accident to come forward.

'When Wayne stopped breathing it felt as if someone had ripped my heart out'

Grieving dad Frank

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