'Tell us how our son lost his life': Grieving family ask for inquest to be adjourned
A GRIEVING family asked for an inquest to be adjourned so they could get a second opinion on the cause of their disabled son's death.
Kristian Holgate, aged 17, of Highfield Road, Rastrick, died at home on March 1 – less than a month after the taxi he was a passenger in crashed.
The belt holding Kristian into his wheelchair was not fastened and he was flung on to the floor when the taxi crashed.
His parents, Kevin and Ann Holgate, believe if his seatbelt belt had been fastened, he would not have died.
Kristian suffered Duchenne muscular dystrophy and was wheelchair bound. He was left with a large cut on his head and an injured knee after the smash on February 9, 2009, at New Hey Road, near Ainley Top.
Pathologist Richard Knights said the cause of Kristian's death was respiratory failure and the injuries from the crash had not contributed to it.
The family asked for the inquest to be adjourned after Coroner Roger Whittaker said he would have to rule that Kristian's death was a result of natural causes.
The family can now ask another expert to review Dr Knights' report.
"When you are content to carry on, I will," said Mr Whittaker.
It is not known when the inquest will be resumed.
The taxi driver, Rahim Dad, 44, who drove for Streamline taxis, Hudders-field, has been charged with dangerous driving.
The court case has been adjourned pending the conclusion of the inquest.
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