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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Katie Dickinson

Father jailed for 10 years for manslaughter of son hit by car while crossing M62

PA Media

A father whose autistic son was killed as they both tried to flee the scene of a motorway crash on foot has “torn the family apart” with his “selfishness”, the boy’s heartbroken mother has said.

Callum Rycroft, 12, was hit by a car as he attempted to run across the M62 with his father Matthew Rycroft, described as “the person he trusted the most”.

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