'Well behaved' schoolboy, 15, was killed on a motorcycle he and a friend secretly bought with pocket money despite his mother warning him to stay away from high-powered bikes

Cameron Chadwick, 15, crashed into a lamppost while riding the bike for the first time
He bought the black Yamaha bike with his friend using money he saved up
His mother Stacy said he was 'a very caring person with a huge heart'
The coroner said the cause of the crash was his 'inexperience with a motorbike.'

A teenager died after crashing a motorcycle he had secretly saved up for and bought with his friend despite his mother's warning to stay away from bikes.

Cameron Chadwick, 15, from Wigan, Greater Manchester was riding the bike to his friend's house when he failed to negotiate a bend after he hit a speed bump and ploughed into a lamppost.

His mother Stacey told an inquest into his death that she was at work when her sister rang to tell her about the accident and she could not believe it was him.

She said: 'On the day the accident happened I was at work and my sister rang me to tell me there had been an accident and I couldn't believe it would be Cameron so I rang him but there was no answer.

'I left work to go home but he wasn't there and that's when I knew it had to be him.'

Police inquiries revealed Cameron and his friend, who has a keen interest in dirt bikes and racing cars, had purchased the Yamaha together not realising it had been reported stolen a month earlier.

The teenager was wearing a helmet but it fell off as the machine crashed and he suffered multiple fatal injuries in the impact.

The inquest in Bolton heard that Cameron was due to sit his GCSEs at Abraham Guest Academy where teachers described him as 'well behaved boy with a bright future ahead of him.'

His mother Stacey, 35, said: 'At school his confidence had flourished and he was a very popular lad.

'He was known as a joker but would always have a caring side and would stand up for others.

'Cameron loved school and everyone that met him loved him. He would always be out with friends but he would always do what he was told.

'He said he wanted to be an electrician and own his own business. He was very good with computers and was always trying to decode systems.

'We offered him £100 for every A he got in his exams, he never complained he just got on with it. He was a very caring person with a huge heart.'

Cameron's grandmother Patricia Chadwick said: 'On the 7th I was at home and Cameron walked in earlier than usual. He seemed to be in a hurry and after spending 15 minutes in his room he said he was leaving.

'He said he had to go and pick up a helmet for his friend who is into fixing things and would help Cameron with his bike. He left and said: 'Love you Nan, see you.' Five minutes later his friend knocked on the front door asking where Cameron was.

'Cameron was always happy and he seemed particularly so on that day, what has happened is really out of character.'

Kevin Astle, who witnessed the accident, told the hearing: 'I was going back to my house with my nine year-old son and partner, after picking him up from school.

'We were walking along the footpath and heard a motorbike so I looked to my left and saw a motorbike just after the left hand bend that appeared to be losing control.

'The front wheel looked to be wobbling from side to side and the bike veered off to the side of the bus stop and appeared to collide with the kerb. The bike fell and the rider appeared to come off the bike and his crash helmet came off his head and rolled down the road.

'When he was riding the bike he had the helmet on. I don't know whether the motorbike was travelling fast before it lost control, what I can say is that there were no other vehicles involved in the incident. I couldn't see any reason why the bike had gone out of control.'

PC Seamus Toal, the Senior Investigating officer in the case told the hearing: 'The motorbike had been stolen in January but this had nothing to do with Cameron. When his friend was interviewed, it emerged the two had bought the bike together

He said that Cameron didn't know how to ride the bike and we believe this was the first time Cameron had ridden the bike on his own.'

Forensic Collision Officer, PC David Holmes told the hearing there were a number of factors that could have impacted on Cameron's accident including speed bumps, two parked cars and a pot holes.

He said: 'The incident happened just after a left hand bend and there were two parked cars on the left hand side of the road. Just after there are squared speed bumps which could have had an effect on the rider if his front wheel had gone over.

The officer referred to an effect called a 'Tankslapper' which happens when the tyre of a motorcycle misaligned with the road surface - explaining why both witnesses had seen the motorbikes' tyres wobbling.

According to PC Holmes, there was a minor pot hole on Cameron's side of the road, but explained that was unlikely to cause much trouble to the driver.

The pot hole measured at 45mm which is 5mm above what is deemed by the council 'in need of repair.'

PC Holmes said: 'Cameron was travelling at 22mph when he collided with the kerb which is exactly the kind of speed that would be sensible when navigating that bend. Nothing appeared to be wrong with the vehicle that could have explained the accident.

'That bend is easy to navigate even though there were two parked cars. With Cameron's inexperience I can only speculate that he failed to negotiate the bend.'

Recording a conclusion of Road Traffic Accident, Coroner Jennifer Leeming urged the local council to investigate whether the pothole needed urgently filling in but added: 'I don't have any evidence as to whether this made an impact to the incident.

'The cause seems to be striking the speed bump and the underlying cause of that was Cameron's inexperience with a motorbike.'

Source: Mail.com