Boy, 5, killed in car crash was ‘beautiful little ray of sunshine’
The five-year-old who was killed in a Cornwall car crash last Thursday has been described as the ‘sweetest little boy’ who liked to give his elderly neighbours cuddles.
A GoFundMe page has been set up by a friend of the family of Dexter, who died when a Ford Fiesta hit him on Penpillick Hill, near St Austell.
It says: ‘Dexter was a beautiful little ray of sunshine who brightened up any room & the most loving little boy who would so often like to give the elderly neighbour cuddles & was just the sweetest little boy.
‘So fearless & carefree with such a loving spirit.
‘He is going to be so missed by so many!’
The page says he had four brothers named Theo, Tyrese, Drake and Cooper, as well as a sister called Janelle.
It aims to raise money to give the boy ‘the send off he truly deserves’ and allow his parents Bryony and Dan to stay off work for a while longer and ‘grieve for little Dexty’.
He was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which happened on the A390 at around 4.50pm on April 25.
Devon & Cornwall Police said the driver of the car in the incident was uninjured.
Sergeant Phil Brown, of the force’s Serious Collisions Investigation Team, said: ‘Our thoughts are with the family following this tragic incident. They are being supported by specialist officers.
‘We would like to thank those members of public who stopped to help at the scene.
‘Officers are investigating the circumstances that led to the collision and we would particularly like to speak to any witnesses who we have not yet spoken to.’
The road was closed in both directions for almost eight hours, before being reopened at around 12.40am the following morning.
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