A schoolboy who was hit and killed by a train as he walked to class was distracted by his new smartphone, an inquest has heard.
Jaiden Shehata, 11, had ‘probably’ been watching a video on his iPhone – received as a Christmas gift just a month earlier – when he was hit on the ‘high risk’ level crossing near Kenley, south London, just after 8am on January 23 last year, an investigator said.
He would usually have been accompanied by his 18-year-old brother, Reece, but had set off for school 20 minutes earlier than usual that day.
Jaiden was walking to Riddlesdown Collegiate
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