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Boy motorbike death inquest opens | |
(about 3 hours later) | |
An inquest has been opened and adjourned on a five-year-old boy who died following an accident on a child's motorcycle. | |
The boy has been named by Dyfed-Powys Police as Jake Alexander Wilson. He was from Carmarthen. | |
He died at West Wales General Hospital following the incident at a cattle market ground in Carmarthen on Sunday. | |
Dyfed-Powys Police said a post-mortem examination into the death took place on Tuesday morning. | |
The accident happened in Carmarthen at about 1530 GMT on Sunday. | The accident happened in Carmarthen at about 1530 GMT on Sunday. |
Dyfed-Powys Police have described Jake's death as a "tragic accident" and his family was being supported by a police family liaison officer. | |
Following the tragedy, Dyfed-Powys Police said: "At 3.30hrs on Sunday 27 December 2009 police and ambulance were called to a report of a five-year-old boy having been seriously hurt whilst riding a child's motorcycle at the site of the Carmarthen Mart. | Following the tragedy, Dyfed-Powys Police said: "At 3.30hrs on Sunday 27 December 2009 police and ambulance were called to a report of a five-year-old boy having been seriously hurt whilst riding a child's motorcycle at the site of the Carmarthen Mart. |
'Locked' | 'Locked' |
"The child later died from his injuries at West Wales General Hospital." | "The child later died from his injuries at West Wales General Hospital." |
The mart ground is a large open area with car parks and buildings at an agricultural livestock market next to the showground at Nantyci on the western outskirts of the town. | The mart ground is a large open area with car parks and buildings at an agricultural livestock market next to the showground at Nantyci on the western outskirts of the town. |
A spokesman said the market was closed for Christmas and the site had been locked. | A spokesman said the market was closed for Christmas and the site had been locked. |