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| Father warned motorway death boy | Father warned motorway death boy |
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| The father of a boy killed as he tried to cross a motorway with a friend says he was looking for his son when he was told of the crash. | The father of a boy killed as he tried to cross a motorway with a friend says he was looking for his son when he was told of the crash. |
| Kieran Coupe, seven, and a six-year-old boy were both killed when they were hit by three cars on the M56 at Preston Brook, near Runcorn. | Kieran Coupe, seven, and a six-year-old boy were both killed when they were hit by three cars on the M56 at Preston Brook, near Runcorn. |
| Kieran's father Colin Lambert said he had warned the youngster to stay away from the motorway. | Kieran's father Colin Lambert said he had warned the youngster to stay away from the motorway. |
| Mr Lambert said: "I don't know how I feel. I was very hysterical yesterday." | Mr Lambert said: "I don't know how I feel. I was very hysterical yesterday." |
| Speaking outside his home on Blyth Close in the Murdishaw area of Runcorn, he added: "Kieran had only lived up here for probably about eight or nine weeks, so he didn't know the area very well. | Speaking outside his home on Blyth Close in the Murdishaw area of Runcorn, he added: "Kieran had only lived up here for probably about eight or nine weeks, so he didn't know the area very well. |
| "And I always said to him don't go down past the bridge." | "And I always said to him don't go down past the bridge." |
| Mr Lambert saw Kieran, who lived with him and grandmother Joan, on Wednesday afternoon when he was at the house with his friends. | |
| They went out to play and Kieran was due back in the house at 1700 BST for his tea. | They went out to play and Kieran was due back in the house at 1700 BST for his tea. |
| He had been warned not to go down to the motorway Colin Lambert, Kieran's father | He had been warned not to go down to the motorway Colin Lambert, Kieran's father |
| When he did not return Mr Lambert and his brother went out to find him. | When he did not return Mr Lambert and his brother went out to find him. |
| "He had been warned not to go down to the motorway. My sister lives by the motorway and he had been told not to go past her house." | "He had been warned not to go down to the motorway. My sister lives by the motorway and he had been told not to go past her house." |
| Kieran has one brother and three half sisters and used to live in Nottinghamshire with his mother. | Kieran has one brother and three half sisters and used to live in Nottinghamshire with his mother. |
| Cheshire Police said the boys were carrying scooters across the Chester-bound carriageway when they were struck by the cars. | Cheshire Police said the boys were carrying scooters across the Chester-bound carriageway when they were struck by the cars. |
| The children were pronounced dead at the scene. Nobody else was injured. | The children were pronounced dead at the scene. Nobody else was injured. |
| Police shut the motorway to carry out inquiries | Police shut the motorway to carry out inquiries |
| Paula Taylor, 41, who lives near the children, said: "They were just ordinary little boys, always playing in the street and kicking a football about. | Paula Taylor, 41, who lives near the children, said: "They were just ordinary little boys, always playing in the street and kicking a football about. |
| "I heard yesterday afternoon that they had gone missing and police were around helping the families look for them. | "I heard yesterday afternoon that they had gone missing and police were around helping the families look for them. |
| "Then we heard the news about the crash on the motorway. "It is awful, just awful." | "Then we heard the news about the crash on the motorway. "It is awful, just awful." |
| It is thought the boys were playing in woods at the rear of the Murdishaw estate which leads to the M56. | It is thought the boys were playing in woods at the rear of the Murdishaw estate which leads to the M56. |
| Mrs Taylor, a mother of two, added: "There is no barrier to stop kids getting on to the motorway, they just have to climb down a bank and they are on it. | Mrs Taylor, a mother of two, added: "There is no barrier to stop kids getting on to the motorway, they just have to climb down a bank and they are on it. |
| "I tell my kids never to go in the woods but boys are boys and it must have been an adventure for them." | "I tell my kids never to go in the woods but boys are boys and it must have been an adventure for them." |