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PROTEST: Callum’s mum Roseanne Kay and dad Gareth Hughes.
PROTEST: Callum’s mum Roseanne Kay and dad Gareth Hughes.

Crash mum calls for road action

Adam Derbyshire
21/12/2005

HUNDREDS of people backed a mum, whose teenage son was killed in a motorbike accident, in her fight for better roads.

Callum Hughes, 16, hit a pothole in Bayley Street, Stalybridge, and lost control of his moped, sliding into the path of an oncoming lorry. He was killed instantly.

His mum Roseanne Kay, of Forester Drive, Stalybridge, protested outside Ashton town hall on Saturday on the second anniversary of his death.

More than 500 people signed her petition, calling for drastic improvements on the borough's highways and byways.

She said: "At times they were queuing up to sign it. Everyone was sympathetic and agreed the roads are in a poor state of repair.

"A considerable number of people commented on the state of the manhole cover Callum hit and how long it had been in that condition."

Callum, a talented student, was riding the scooter to college for the first time, having bought L-plates the night before. Just hours after the smash in December 2003, workmen were pictured repairing the section of road where the crash occurred.

An investigation last week revealed another manhole had sunken dangerously on the same stretch. Measurements taken by the Advertiser showed it was below the highway department's own 50mm trigger mark for repair. Tameside Council insisted an inspection had been carried out in August and no repairs at that spot were needed.

But Roseanne claimed she had been monitoring it for two years and it had been "missed".

Engineers have since repaired the manhole in question.


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   Sad to say but the none repair of roads in Tameside is still a major problem. There is not a stretch of road in Tameside without a grid or manhole cover that is not level with the road.Are the council waiting for another death before we can expect reasonable repairs.As an example. The manhole cover at the traffic light junction King Street ans Astley Street is approx 100mm below road level, this along with many more through out Tameside, WANT MORE BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS TAMESIDE COUNCIL
P.Wilson, Dukinfield
5/07/2007 at 15:52
   hi, my name is scott mckay im from leeds and im 17. i was 16 when i crashed my scooter (gilera runner sp 50cc). i hit a pot hole on lingfield drive, moortown, leeds when i come off my scooter at 30 mph. i had 70% damage to my left arm 20% damage to my knees and hips. i have just watched tonight with trevor mcdonald and it give me a cold shiver up my back and im trying to look into pothole accidents. i am trying to get a claim from my accident and i would like to sign a petition for u if it would help you please get intouch and send me a form to sign to scottybo104@hotmail.com thank you from scott mckay (leeds)
scott mckay, leeds west yorkshire
14/05/2007 at 20:36
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