'Nothing about this process was helpful'

FAMILY SLAM INQUEST INTO DEATH OF 'BRIGHT STAR' SON, 16

- CHRIS SLATER

THE family of a teenage boy who died after a crash during a “high- speed” police chase have opened up on their heartache during a two-year wait for answers.

Kyle Hudson, 16, also known as Kyle Brotherton, died when the white Toyota Yaris he was driving ploughed into a wall in Bramhall, Stockport.

He was taken to hospital following the crash on Hall Moss Lane in the early hours of November 13, 2020, but died of his injuries the following day. Kyle’s friend who was in the car with him survived but was left with a broken hip.

At an inquest into his death – which concluded last week – a jury ruled that the police decision to chase the car was “appropriate in the circumstances”, that “correct procedure was followed” and “communication between the officer and the control room was adequate”.