Young man called his parents to give them harrowing message before dying for 10 minutes
Young man called his parents to give them harrowing message before dying for 10 minutes
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A 21-year-old man who attempted to take his own life by jumping in front of a tram called his parents moments before to tell them he “couldn’t do this anymore”. Kyle Ingham died for 10 minutes after stepping onto tram tracks on the Oldham and Rochdale Line on October 11. He had been out for drinks when he called his parents. Believing Kyle was boarding a tram to stay with friends, parents Kathy and Mark thought they would see their son the following morning.
But when they heard sirens rushing past their home in Shaw, they knew something was seriously wrong. Mark managed to find the scene where police asked him to show them a photo of Kyle. Tragically, officers confirmed the news they were fearing – Kyle had jumped out in front of a moving tram. “He was in high spirits; he had been like that for a fair few weeks,” Kathy, 51, told the Manchester Evening News.
“One of the lads from the pub at the bottom of the street asked if he wanted to go for a pint. He said he would but he couldn’t stay out because it was his sister’s birthday the next day. He went for a game of pool and stopped at another pub to get beers to take home. He walked down towards a tram track and rang me and his dad about 10.45pm.
“He said, ‘I love you, and my mum, and the dog, but I can’t do this anymore. I’ve got to go. My tram’s here.’ That’s the last thing we heard. We thought he was going to get on a tram and stay with someone. We didn’t think he meant he was going to do what he did.
