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Boy, 10, died 'playing on lorry' | |
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A coroner has warned youngsters of the danger of climbing on moving vehicles after a 10-year-old boy died after falling off the back of a lorry. | |
Jordan Lee Widdall-Hughes, from Newport in south Wales, fell onto the city's busy Southern Distributor Road (SDR). | |
An inquest heard he received head injuries and the coroner recorded a verdict of accidental death. | |
Jordan had been playing with friends but they managed to safely jump from the lorry as it gathered speed. | |
Newport coroner's court heard how Jordan, from the Pill area of the city, had got onto a lorry as it turned into a street. | |
He died at the Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, after suffering a fractured skull and brain damage. | |
Newport coroner David Bowen recorded a verdict of accidental death. |