Police name young accident victim

Quad World has called for speed restrictions on the road

Police have named the young boy killed when a car careered into a quad bike centre in mid Devon.

He was six-year-old Craig Farwell from Horton Heath in Wimborne, Dorset.

The accident happened after two cars collided on the B3181 between Cullompton and Exeter, outside Quad World at Westcott on Sunday.

One of the cars left the road and ploughed through the centre's car park, before hitting the boy from Dorset who was inside the centre.

Quad World bosses have called for speed restrictions on the road.

This road has got faster and faster... people do up to 160mph down there Stuart Lawson

Proprietor Stuart Lawson said: "It was like a train being derailed.

"The car sped off the road and came into the car park sideways.

"It clipped a couple of parked cars before it hit the little boy.

"Everyone was running and screaming, it was horrific."

Mr Lawson said he had been calling for speed restrictions on the road for the past six years.

Improving safety

He said: "This road has got faster and faster, it is a perfect road for speed, dead straight and people do up to 160mph down there.

"We have asked several times for chevrons in the road to acknowledge the fact that there is a tourism centre here."

Devon County Council said it was always looking at improving safety and was committed to reducing accidents.

However the council said it was unable to comment on this case before seeing the police report into the boy's death.

Police are keen to speak to anyone who witnessed the accident at 1230 BST on Sunday.