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Express & Star Former
Codsall schoolboy James Fallon has died in South Africa
nearly two years after suffering severe spinal injuries
in a road crash. The brave 11-year-old died in the arms
of his parents and sister at a Johannesburg hospital.
Today his heartbroken father Roger, speaking exclusively
to the Express & Star from the family's South African
home, said: "James was a very special child. It was
a privilege to be his parents.
"He gave us hope even at the end and now we want
to bring him back to Codsall where the family had so many
friends." James was paralysed when he was hit by
a speeding car, driven by an under-age motorist.
The 17-year-old driver, who had taken his father's car,
without consent, was later fined £50. Top surgeons
from all over South Africa managed to save his life with
a seven-hour operation which has since featured in medical
journals throughout the world.
James was finally allowed home, 18 months after the surgery,
in January, where his parents converted one of the rooms
at their home into a private intensive care ward. But
earlier this week he began suffering fits and was airlifted
to hospital after he went into a coma following injections.
A major appeal launched to help James won the support
of gangland villains Ronnie and Reggie Kray, who today
sent their condolences to his parents. A star-studded
boxing match in London tomorrow night to help the James
Fallon Appeal, and presented by permission of the Kray
twins, will still go ahead as a tribute to James. |
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