Crash boy 'thrown like rag doll'

Aaron Chisango was jailed for two months

A schoolboy "flew through the air like a rag doll" when he was hit by a car as he attempted to cross the road, an inquest heard on Wednesday.

Aaron Chisango, 27, from Telford, was one-and-a-half times over the drink- drive limit when he hit Jamie Mason, 12, from Wednesfield, on 8 January.

Chisango was jailed for two months after admitting drink-driving.

Wolverhampton coroner, Richard Allen, recorded a verdict of death by misadventure.

Deportation fight

During his trial earlier this year, Chisango admitted driving without insurance, an MOT and a licence. He also said he had never had any driving lessons in this country.

Chisango is currently fighting attempts to deport him to his native Zambia after his visa ran out in October.

The registered mental health nurse told the inquest he had been drinking whisky the night before the accident.

Jamie died of head and neck injuries

In an interview with police he said he had had a "fair few" and felt hungover on the day but thought he was alright to drive.

A statement made to police by Chisango, which was read out at the hearing, said: "He just ran into the road that quickly I just had no chance of stopping.

"When I got there I saw the condition the child was in. It was not a very good condition."

Jamie's sister, Tracy Mason, told the hearing she was with her brother at the time of the accident because she was taking him on a day trip to Bridgnorth.

She said they both tried to cross the road and then a car "came from nowhere" and hit him.

Eyewitness Wendy Calvin said: "The child was struck by the driver's side of the car, then flew through the air like a rag doll."

Onlookers rushed to help Jamie, and Chisango, described as distressed, administered CPR, the inquest was told.

Another witness told the hearing: "I saw the lad on the road, I saw him check, hesitating to move, he checked, then ran into the road. Then the black car came round the bend and struck Jamie."

The schoolboy died later at Wolverhampton's New Cross Hospital.

Mechanical failure of the car's brakes or steering, was ruled out by police.