Boy, 12, crushed by wall 'lay dying with dad for hours until mum called him for dinner'

A 12-year-old boy lay dying next to his dad for two hours after being crushed by a garage wall, it has been reported.

Scott-Swaley Daniel Stevens died after a wall attached to a house in Clacton, Essex collapsed on Friday evening, said police.

The Mirror UK reports that emergency services were called out just before 7pm and firefighters managed to free him from the rubble, but he died at the scene.

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Paying tribute, his devastated parents wrote he was a "well-loved boy" with lots of friends, that he "will be missed by so many" and that "as a family, we cannot explain the hurt we feel and we are broken".

Scott-Swaley and his dad Scott, who were working in their garden, had been trapped under a pile of rubble for two hours until his mum Charmaine Lee went outside to call them in for dinner,

Charmaine alerted emergency services, but the schoolboy died in the garden - speaking to his father "until he took his last breath," reports the Daily Mail.

Family friend Scott Pepper, 47, said: "All I can really say is that father and son spent all their time when not working and [at] school together."

Police are not treating the incident as suspicious.

A family tribute, released through Essex Police, said: "After a tragic accident, our son Scott-Swaley has sadly passed away.

"As a family, we cannot explain the hurt we feel and we are broken.

"Our Swaley was a well-loved boy who had friends not only in Clacton, but also in Dartford and Wickford and will be missed by so many.

"As a family, we would like to ask for privacy at this difficult time whilst we come to terms with our loss.

"We appreciate and would like to say thank you for all of the kind tributes to our boy."

Detective Inspector James Hardingham, leading the investigation, said: "My thoughts are with the family and friends of those concerned at this sad time.

"We're continuing our enquiries to establish the facts leading to the wall collapse."

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