Teenager's 'accidental' death after falling from a bridge following a night out
manchestereveningnews.co.ukAn "outgoing" teenager died after accidentally falling off a bridge on his way home from a night out, an inquest heard. Ryan Swales, 18, was heading home to Widnes from Chambers bar in Runcorn alongside his friend Leah Holloran in the early hours of Sunday, August 15, Warrington Coroner's Court heard.
However, the pair soon became separated by which point it is believed Ryan slipped while walking along the ledge on the outside of some railings.
While the shopworker was rushed to Aintree University Hospital by ambulance, he shortly died from his injuries. It was revealed by a post-mortem examination that Ryan had died from a "severe head injury" which was "consistent with Ryan having fallen from a height". Read more: "I'll kill you... "I'm a dangerous man": Drunken 'monster' held meat cleaver to ex's neck and told her to be 'submissive' It was also discovered that "modest quantities" of alcohol and cocaine as well as "small amounts" of paracetamol and ketamine were in Ryan's systems, according to toxicology tests by Kirsty Watson.
However, the ketamine in Ryan's body could have been from the treatment he received in hospital while the amount of alcohol was around one-and-a-half times the drink-drive limit, the Liverpool Echo reports.
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