A grieving mother described her anguish after learning that her young son had tragically perished in a rope swing accident while playing with pals.
On August 7, 2016, Riain Brennan-Byrne, 10, from Wicklow, Ireland, passed away while vacationing in Leicestershire.
The schoolboy was playing in Holly Hayes Wood in Whitwick, close to Coalville, when he got tangled up in the swing, which was suspended from a tree branch by a blue cord, an inquest heard.
His friends discovered the child and promptly fled for assistance. Riain, 10, was declared dead in the hospital an hour later despite heroic efforts to bring him back, according to Leicestershire Live.
Riain’s mother Niamh expressed her heartbreak at the inquest into his death, adding it had “left a tremendous vacuum in our lives.”
Riain, who resides in Ireland with his father Derek, was said to have traveled to Coalville over the summer to spend time with his mother.
The schoolboy was found at around 7 o’clock in the evening, and his classmates’ parents helped bring him down while many people administered CPR.
The boy had a compression to the neck and was unresponsive when East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) paramedics arrived on the scene.
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Riain Brennan-Byrne is 10 years.
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Riain was adored by his parents, Niamh and Derek, as well as his stepmother and stepfather, Bryan and Leanne. He also had three brothers named Niall, Bobby, and Kelvin, as well as a step-sister named Jessica.