'We will never forget his beautiful smile': Dad, 27, tragically killed was expecting second child in six weeks
25.01.2024 - 13:29
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A dad with a 'beautiful smile' who died after his motorbike he was riding crashed into a fence post in Wigan was expecting his second child in just six weeks.
Latham Darren Howarth, 27, remembered as 'the most beautiful, joyful person you could meet', tragically passed away after the motorbike he was riding, with his younger brother Ollie, 16, sat on the back, smashed into a fence post on a path just off Hall Lane, Aspull, on January 20.
A doting dad to his two-year-old daughter Ariella, Latham, from Tyldesley, also has a baby son due with girlfriend Amber in just six weeks. After his death, tributes have flooded in, remembering him as a 'kind hearted soul' with 'the most beautiful smile'.
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One of 11 children, his older brother Cory told the Manchester Evening News that Latham 'always looked up to him' and that his last words to him in the hours before he died were: "Be careful, be safe."
Emergency services raced to the scene of the crash at around 5pm last Saturday (January 20). Moments after the collision, Latham was even able to get up and was driven to the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary by his girlfriend Amber, but quickly 'knew something wasn't right' and told her he 'wasn't going to make it'.
He tragically died the following day after being moved to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). He had suffered severe internal bleeding, his brother said.
"There are so many of us, and Latham was always the glue of the family," Cory told the Manchester Evening News. "He was loved by everyone. We are a solid unit and it is times like this when everyone comes together.
"We are one of 11 children to the same parents and we have always all had that brotherly connection.