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Inquest told of .a number of factors leading to young driyer’s car death
by John Turner
A CAR ride out into the coun tryside on a winter's evening ended; in: tragedy for a group
of young people. Kieron Ryde (18) died of mul
tiple injuries a t the wheel of a white 1999 Suzuki Swift after he lost control of his car on a right- hand bend and was in collision
with an on-coming car. The Deputy Coroner for Black
burn, Hyndburn and the Ribble Valley, Mrs Caroline Singleton, returning averdict of accidental death on the teenager, of Skipton Road, Gisburn, said the accident was brought about by a combina tion of factors. These included low tyre pressures on the back wheels, speed approaching the corner of between 55 and 60 m.p.h. and the
fact that the car was carrying five people..
: on Tuesday: "If there is a lesson to be learned, it is that all drivers, particularly inexperienced ones,
She told the inquest at Clitheroe ,
■need to be aware of how conditions within their own vehicles can dras tically alter their ability to control
it;-"
Kieron's parents, who attended the inquest, she said: "My own son is
■Addr ,essing her remarks to , .
■ 18 years old and has been driving ■ for six months and I can complete ly begin to contemplate the upset and hurt you must feel at Kieron's
' "You have my apologies for the need to attend today," she added.
loss." !• ■ ' ■ ■ The inquest heard that the acci
: Mr Matthew John Lewis, of Meadowside, Gnndleton, told the
dent happened around 9 p.m. at Wigglesworth Road, Slaidburn.
inquest all he could remember about the situation was seeing headlights coming towards him on the wrong side of the road as he approached a left-hand bend. He escaped with minor,injuries.. Ian McLoud, of .Conway
.,11 t,„ ,>
n.ild mraember
Avenue, Clitheroe, said.he had been: a friend of Kieron's for two and a
half years. ■ , . .. ., . Around 8 p.m. on February 23rd
he went for a ride with Kieron and
three other friends. They went to Stocks Reservoir,:
stopped and everybody got out of
the car for a few minutes. . They drove off again, everyone
putting on their seat-belts. "That was something Kieron
was keen on," he said. As they approached the corner,
he believed the car was travelling at 55 - 60 m.p.h.- "there was noth
ing about the speed to cause any concern."
But the back end of the car slid
out and fish-tailed twice and they | hit the car coming the other way. Accident investigator PC
Stephen Wilson said he found the Suzuki's suspension had been up'graded, and non-standard wheels had been fitted.: . The rear tyre pressures he found toibe 20 and 22 psi when he would | have judged a suitable pressure to be in the region of 30 or 35 psi. He said the driver had been
wearing his seat belt, but there had been "massive" damage to the front |
of the car.
: The most likely cause of the loss | of Control of the Suzuki, he said, waS the low rear tyre pressures, combined with the full load.
I , He said the Mondeo driver was i
on’his correct side of the road and had little time or distance to take | avoiding action.
Quad bikes: two men helping with inquiries
TWO men are helping police with their inquiries into major thefts from a Chatburn, business. Police raided three
addresses "not in the Clitheroe area" and arrest ed the pair, said Insp. Bob
Ford. ■ .. Police also recovered a
im ] [ 4 , , ! L ... g § « &
trailer and an all-terrain; vehicle - thought to be one of a number stolen
in.two raids on The Quad Shop at Chatburn last month. The shop lost goods worth £50,000 in two raids.
Pupils’ TV stardom on special day
THE area will be featured again on Sunday, four years on from the memorable Clitheroe "Songs of
Praise" broadcast. • Several pupils from St James' CE
Primary School, Clitheroe, have been chosen for a special Father's Day edi tion, in which children from all over the country explain why they think their fathers are the best. The producer of the programme is
the Rev. Norman Ivison, who was so impressed with the Ribble Valley when he put on the original pro gramme that he moved in. Now he is closely connected with St James
Church. The traditional, but pleasant, play ■
Crime-fighting scheme comes a step closer
A £650,000 closed-circuit television surveillance scheme to fight crime in Clitheroe and Whalley came a step closer this week. But proposals to help pay
who questioned the feasibil
ity of the whole scheme. Coun. James Rogerson,
Life-savers arc on their way to remote areas
TWO machines which will save lives in one of th e rem o te s t p a r t s of- th e Ribble Valley have b e en h a n d e d o v e r to
volunteers who will go to th e re s c u e on c o l
lapse cases. The Friends of Slaid-
bum Country Practice set out to raise £10,000 last April to provide the vil lages of B olton-by-B ow- land, Newton and Slaid
; They are only a short dis- , tance from their target, but two of the machines were
burn each with a defibril lator machine to render early assistance until the arrival of an ambulance. -
• handed over at a ceremony in Slaidburn Chapel last
week. The Bowland First
Responder organisation has been training teams of vol unteers in the operation of the defibrillators..
Lancashire Appeal, each machine will have ten vol unteers in each community,
As part of the Heart of
trained to provide round- the-clock cover to-be alert ed by ambulance control by
radio. Because of the distances
involved to reach collapse cases, it could take at least half an hour for an emer gency vehicle to get to the
: scene. The local volunteers will be able to arrive within
minutes and render hi-tech first aid until the arrival of the paramedics in their ambulance.
arrives on the scene the bet ter are the chances of sur--
vival," said Mrs Dorothy Pearson, one of the organis ers of the appeal.
A similar fund-raising ;
and training exercise is going on in Clitheroe. Our picture shows volun
teer first responders Stuart Row, left, and Justine Whitaker with the two new,
units. ■ (P050601/1)
"The quicker that help, 1
the £65,000 a year running costs by increasing car park ing charges in Lowergate, the Market, Chester Avenue and Edisford were over turned by Ribble Valley District Councillors who felt the motorist was suffering
although he supported the scheme, warned: "It doesn't stop vandalism, it just moves the vandals on." And Coun. Frank Dyson
told the meeting: "It shouldn't require an elabo rate CCTV scheme to fight disorder. I t requires firm
enough.And councillors are to go back cap in hand to Lan cashire Chief Constable Pauline Clare, criticising what “ one councillor1 described as the "niggardly". £2,000-a-year contribution from the police. "What sort of a partner
ship is this?" Coun. Richard Jones asked members of the Policy and Finance Com mittee on Tuesday night. He said the proposal, in a
policing." The scheme will replace
the existing eight cameras in Clitheroe Town Centre, add seven more in Clithcroe and four in the Castle
grounds. The five cameras at the
report from chief executive Mi- David Morris, to recoup some of the running costs by increasing car park charged was "a s tealth tax" on
Clitheroe bus and rail inter change will be linked to the scheme and there will be two cameras at Edisford, three in Whalley town cen tre and three re-locatable mobile cameras. The system will be linked
to a control room in the can teen at Clitheroe Market
motorists. There were councillors
| e w s f r o n l t h e V i l l a g e s SABDEN
this month has fallen foul of; the foot and mouth epidemic., Sabden Council of
Foot and mouth ! ' A service planned for later-
Churches has had to post pone its ecumenical service, on June 22nd because of the recent local cases of foot and,. mouth which are affecting the Ribble Valley. The open air service was,
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due to 'tak e place at St Mary’s RC Church and was for all denominations in the, village. It may be rearranged
later in the year.
Gardens Entries are wanted for the.
ncw-look Best-Kept Gardens. competition in Sabden.
ises the competition annually for all sizes of garden, hang ing baskets or tubs. This year; there will also be a prize of a £10 book token for the best, children's corner.
■ The parish council organ ,
gone out to every household, and should be returned to the clerk, Mrs A. Whitwell, at Law Farm,- Trapp Lane,' Simonstone, or any parish councillor by June 29th. - There will be trophies and certificates for the winners
An entry form should have I
and everyone with a garden or just tubs or hanging bas kets is urged to enter.
Music festival
Sabden Primary School is holding a music festival next Wednesday, June 20th, when children will enter various classes and be judged for their efforts. Parents are welcome to pop in during the day. The following Wednesday, pupils will be presenting a concert
where disabled people would provide round-the-
clock cover. Driver critical
A MAN from the Ribble Valley was still critical in the Royal Preston Hospital yesterday after a car crash a week last Saturday. Mr Jonathan Bettess
(29), who has been living with his parents at Barrow, sustained serious internal injuries when his car and a lorry collided on the Simon- stone - Padiham road.
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entitled "Big Momma". Next Thursday, Jill James,
a local artist who specialises in batik-work, will be in school to work with the chil
' schools' swimming gala at Padiham Pool beginning at 8
dren. ■The PTFA will hold a car treasure hunt m the evening, beginning at 6-30 p.m. On Friday, June 22nd, the pupils will take part in a
p.m.
Collection The twice-monthly waste-
paper collection takes place tomorrow. Wasterpaper
service.
C C T V ; Sabden's new CCTV cam
A i t •
praises crime-busting vil lagers for the initiative, which was the brainchild of village bobby PC Paul Worswick and made possible through donations from residents, vil lage businesses and a £200 grant from the police to raise the £2,000 needed. . Sabden does not have a
An article in the paper .
era has made the headlines in the Lancashire Constabu
lary's own newspaper, "Con text".
should be left outside in the special bags provided by the borough council's recycling
ground at the school makes a fleeting appearance in Sunday's compilation, as background to "Father and Son", sung by Darwen-born Christian singer Bryn Haworth. Mr Ivison says: "We wanted to cre
ate a sense of nostalgia m the same way that a father looks back at his own childhood and thinks about his
child's future. "We have used the latest digital
techniques to help convey the right atmosphere, including slow-motion and sepia effect and have unearthed some amazing footage of children playing in Lancashire streets in the
1950s." Men as well as children will talk
about fatherhood from a Christian, point of view, and the presenter will be the Rev. Steve Chalke, who is often
on TV. There is a strong local technical
input into the programme as well as that of the producer and the children. The camera crew included sound recordist Simon Jones, who lives in
Chtheroe. Songs of Praise is on BBC One at 5-
55 p. m. on Sunday. The picture shows some St James'
children being filmed by cameraman Tom Ritchie and sound recordist Mr
Jones. Photo: Capelm Media
Volunteers praised for invaluable advice work
MANY people live trou ble-free lives in the Ribble Valley - many of those do not rely on the Citizens' Advice Bureau to help
theml A 14-strong team of
trained and carefully assessed volunteers led by three staff members dealt with 4,588 different people presenting a total of 7,223 issues in the year to March. The two converted cot
tages in Wesleyan Row, Parson Lane, Clithcroe, have ramped access, wide doorways and plenty of space for the disabled and elderly. No appointment is needed to call in - but many inquiries can be dealt with by telephone. Some of the "clients"
referred to in the annual report were already regular users, but of the new ones, 1,815 came from 44 differ ent Ribble Valley communi ties, 309 were from places just over the border and 20 were from further afield.
ripple, the most complex merely see them dig deeper, and the most frustrating cause them to seek justice." The whole team deserves
special thanks and clients of the bureau have all been very positive in the praise they have given. Mrs Wallbank thanks
without one.
Margaret Stott and one of the founders, Bob Jones, who have both retired from • the bureau. A quarter of the inquiries
to the bureau relate to debt, nearly a third to bene fits and a' seventh each to employment and consumer matters. The advisers all work across the whole range of general issues, so a client who is getting divorced can obtain advice and informa tion about this, about ben efits, housing rights, con tact orders and the like. But special work is done
. In the report, manager Mrs Shirley Wallbank declares that the team of volunteers continues to
amaze her. "They have differing per
sonalities, but are all the same in their dedication, giving time and expertise to help others freely and with good humour,” she writes. "The most irritating situ
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on employment rights, with 13 cases started during the year. There has also been a steady increase in single inquiries about specific
issues. Unexpected changes in
financial or personal cir cumstances can lead to debt and the bureau is help ing some 60 people in diffi culties. This intervention can often lead to negotia tion of arrangements with creditors. A survey of local banks
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ject with the emphasis on helping farmers has been set up, and some 14 refer rals received. Outreach work in Slaidburn has helped seven people. > But some people have
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