Tragedy as 'caring' young man crushed to death by taxi after falling into the road
manchestereveningnews.co.ukPrestwich town centre with his dad. CCTV footage showed him 'staggering' along Bury New Road in the early hours of the morning, just moments before he was crushed by a taxi as he lay prone in the middle of the street.An inquest into his death today heard that it was 'unclear' exactly how Aiden had ended up in the road, but it was likely he had 'stumbled' and fallen prior to the collision.He suffered multiple injuries and died at the scene.Rochdale Coroners Court heard Aiden had spent the evening of April 27, 2019, drinking in two Prestwich pubs with his father, Robert Worthington.They first met at the Red Lion, in Bury New Road, at 4.30pm before making the short journey to the Railway & Naturalist pub half an hour later.By 8pm they had met.
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