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| Nawaf Al-Tuwayan, 15, was killed when hit by a bus after falling off his hoverboard |
Nawaf Al-Tuwayan, 15, was reported to have been hit by a bus after falling off his hoverboard in North London, leading to his death (You can read the story here). A 33-year old mechanic named Jeffery Mingle said he saw Nawal dragged 200 yards down the street after being hit by a bus when he fell off his hoverboard. Jeffery said that he screamed 'there's a bus coming' after seeing Nawaf fall off the £250 gadget but he was unable to get up before being hit by the London bus. Mr Mingle then saw him dragged 200 yards down the road while stuck underneath the bus as the driver was totally unaware he had hit the boy on Thursday evening, he claimed.
Mr Mingle said he desperately tried to chase the driver down to tell him what had happened, but by the time he got there, the boy could not be saved.
'I chased the bus, banged on the side and told the driver what had happened. We looked under the bus but it was too late. The boy was dead,' he told The Sun.
Mr Mingle told The Times that it took 15 minutes to raise the bus and then another 20 to get the boy out from under the bus in Glacier Way, north west London. He also said that Nawaf didn't look confident on the board and was lunging forward and backward before it threw him 'face-first into the road', sending the board flying towards Mr Mingle.
'He was scrambling to get to his feet when the bus came round the corner and hit him. He was dragged under it,' Mr Mingle added.
Nawaf, a pupil at Acton High School in West London, was found at about 6.30pm on Thursday and pronounced dead at the scene in north Alperton, west London by paramedics. The driver of the 224 bus that hit him was not arrested. A colleague who witnessed the accident, said he was careful and experienced.
Last night Muhammed Butt, of Brent Council, said: 'This incident highlights why it is illegal to use them on highways – because they are not safe to be used.'
Source: MailOnline
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