Toddler tragically killed by father driving truck in family farm accident
13.09.2022 - 13:39
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
A father discovered his toddler had been killed by the vehicle he was driving after he received a distressing phone call from his mother informing him that his son was dead, an inquest has heard.
Shortly before 7pm on August 3, 2021, Guto Jenkins, 31, was leaving the yard on his Welsh farm in his Volkswagen Amarok vehicle, which had a trailer attached to the back. His three-year-old son, Ianto Cerwyn Sior Jenkins, was outside playing on his bike when the pick-up truck tragically crushed him to death.
Mr Jenkins drove away, unaware of his son's presence and received the phone call from his mother shortly afterwards, Wales Online reports. Ianto and his sister, Seren, and his cousin, Lydia, had been playing outside when the tragic incident happened.
Earlier that day, they all joined Guto Jenkins on a journey from his parent's home in Rhosfach Farm in Efailwen to deliver topsoil to a customer of the business he ran. Ianto and Seren lived with their mother, Jenkin's ex wife, Chloe Picton, on a nearby farm in the Clunderwen area of Pembrokeshire, and both kids were staying with their father for a period of 10 days.
On the evening of the incident, Mr Jenkins had another delivery to be made but all three children had decided to stay behind at the farm. Ianto had initially indicated that he wanted to go with his father on the second delivery but at the last minute he said he wanted to stay at the farm.
An inquest into Ianto's death - held at Llanelli Town Hall on Monday - heard a witness statement from Mr Jenkins, who said he got into the cab of his vehicle, checked his wing mirrors and his blind spot, and then drove up the farm track towards the road. He said that he "did not see Ianto at all".
Mr Jenkins added that he was not