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Mother and son killed in Lucton tractor crash named | Mother and son killed in Lucton tractor crash named |
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A mother and son who died in a collision between their car and a tractor in a Herefordshire village have been identified. | A mother and son who died in a collision between their car and a tractor in a Herefordshire village have been identified. |
Kate Ruth Boughton, 35, and Samuel Edward Boughton, 13, lived in Combe, Herefordshire. | |
Two younger boys - also injured in the crash - are still in Birmingham Children's Hospital. One is critical but stable and the other is stable. | Two younger boys - also injured in the crash - are still in Birmingham Children's Hospital. One is critical but stable and the other is stable. |
The crash happened on the B4362 outside Lucton School, near Leominster. | The crash happened on the B4362 outside Lucton School, near Leominster. |
Samuel, who was in the front passenger seat, died in the crash and his mother a short time after she was flown to Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital. | Samuel, who was in the front passenger seat, died in the crash and his mother a short time after she was flown to Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital. |
'Caring nature' | 'Caring nature' |
Samuel went to John Beddoes School in Presteigne, Powys. His head teacher Glyn Richards said that everyone at the school was "totally devastated". | |
"Sam was a superb pupil... you couldn't ask for anyone nicer. He was just an all-round lovely boy. | "Sam was a superb pupil... you couldn't ask for anyone nicer. He was just an all-round lovely boy. |
"He went on a trip to France with students last year and one of our students was in a wheelchair, and Sam was just the kind of lad who looked after him. | "He went on a trip to France with students last year and one of our students was in a wheelchair, and Sam was just the kind of lad who looked after him. |
"That sums up his nature, a very caring and bright young man. | "That sums up his nature, a very caring and bright young man. |
"Our thoughts and prayers are with dad, and his brothers, and hope they make a recovery." | "Our thoughts and prayers are with dad, and his brothers, and hope they make a recovery." |
Insp Damian Sowrey, of West Mercia Police, has appealed to anyone who witnessed the tragedy to contact Hereford police station. | |
The family were travelling in a red Vauxhall Corsa towards Yarpole when it was in collision with a green and yellow John Deere tractor travelling in the opposite direction towards Mortimer's Cross. | The family were travelling in a red Vauxhall Corsa towards Yarpole when it was in collision with a green and yellow John Deere tractor travelling in the opposite direction towards Mortimer's Cross. |
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