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Tributes paid to ‘well-loved’ boy, 12, killed in garage wall collapse

Scott Stevens was killed in the tragic accident on Friday night (Picture: East Anglia News Service/PA)
Scott Stevens was killed in the incident on Friday night (Picture: East Anglia News Service/PA)

This is the first picture of a 12-year-old boy who was killed after a garage wall collapsed.

Scott-Swaley Daniel Stevens was killed in the tragic accident on Friday night in Clacton, Essex.

His parents have paid tribute to the ‘well-loved boy’ and his family have said they ‘cannot explain the hurt we feel.’

He died after a wall which was attached to a house in St John’s Road, Clacton, collapsed on Friday evening, Essex Police.

Emergency services were called out just before 7pm and firefighters managed to free both the boy and a man in his 30s, who were known to each other, from under the bricks.

Undated family handout photo issued by Essex Police of 12-year-old Scott-Swaley Daniel Stevens, who died after a garage wall collapsed in Clacton on Friday. The family of Scott-Swaley have said
Tributes have been paid to Scott who was killed in the tragic accident (Picture: PA)
East Anglia News Service, tel 07767 413379 The home of Scott-Swaley Daniel Stevens, 12, in Clacton, Essex, where he died when the garage wall collapsed EAST ANGLIA NEWS SERVICE, rel. 07767 413379 With pics Tributes have been paid to a 12-year-old boy who was crushed to death when a garage wall collapsed at his home. Scott-Swaley Daniel Stevens, 12, is believed to have been helping his father Scott Stevens with a DIY job at their detached house when the brick wall crashed down. He was pulled from the rubble, but later declared dead at the scene after paramedics tried in vain to revive him at his home in St John???s Road, Clacton, Essex. A man aged in his 30s ??? believed to be Scott-Swaley???s father ??? was also rescued and treated for an arm injury after the tragic accident just before 7pm on Friday. A statement released through Essex Police by Mr Stevens and Scott-Swaley???s mother Charmaine Lee said: ???After a tragic accident, our son Scott-Swaley has sadly passed away. ???As a family, we cannot explain the hurt we feel and we are broken. ???Our Swaley was a well-loved boy who had friends not only in Clacton, but also in Dartford and Wickford and will be missed by so many. ???As a family, we would like to ask for privacy at this difficult time whilst we come to terms with our loss. ???We appreciate and would like to say thank you for all of the kind tributes to our boy.??? Detective Inspector James Hardingham, leading the investigation for Essex Police, said: ???My thoughts continue to be with Scott-Swaley???s family and friends following this tragic incident. ???We???re continuing our enquiries to establish the facts leading to the wall collapse. ???If anyone has information that can help us, or anyone who was in St John???s Road just before 7pm last night and saw anything that could help our investigation, should call us.??? Scott-Swaley???s parents are thought to have moved into the house next door to Clacton fire station two-years-ago after buying it for ??185,000. A friend of the family said at the scene: ???It is just an awful tragedy.??? A relative posted on Facebook: ???Another young boy gone to soon??? thinking of you & all the family???. such a horrible world we live in.??? Essex Police said they were initially called to the scene by ???colleagues in the fire service???. The statement added that the boy???s death was being treated as non-suspicious and a file is to be prepared for the coroner.??? The house which the garage was attached to has been declared safe. Three crews of firefighters from Clacton, Weeley and Colchester as well as an urban search and rescue unit attended the incident. A spokesperson for Essex Fire and Rescue Service said: ???Crews were called to London Road, Clacton after reports of two people trapped under a brick wall. ???Firefighters worked to release both people, a man and a 12-year old child, from under the bricks. ???Although crews were able to release the man, the child sadly died at the scene. Station Manager Nick Singleton said: ???This is a tragic incident and our thoughts are with everyone who knew the child as well as the wider Clacton community. ???Our firefighters worked incredibly hard to save both casualties and this is never the outcome we want to see. We will be offering further support to all of the firefighters who attended this difficult incident.??? Road closures were put in place following the tragedy on Friday night while emergency services dealt with the incident. Police are appealing for any information from anyone with CCTV, dashcam or other footage Essex Police can be contacted on tel. 101 or website reporting on www.essex.police.uk/digital101 , or online Live Chat service available Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays) between 10am-9pm If you would like to make an anonymous report, you can contact independent charity Crimestoppers on Twitter at @CrimestoppersUK, by visiting their website or by calling 0800 555 111. Please quote incident 1121 of 21 October when providing any information to make sure it gets to the right person as quickly as possible.
The garage wall collapsed on Friday night (Picture: East Anglia News)

Scott-Swaley died at the scene and the man who was rescued from the rubble suffered an arm injury.

Police are not treating the incident as suspicious.

A family tribute, released through Essex Police where no further details were given, said: ‘After a tragic accident, our son Scott-Swaley has sadly passed away.

‘As a family, we cannot explain the hurt we feel and we are broken.

‘Our Swaley was a well-loved boy who had friends not only in Clacton, but also in Dartford and Wickford and will be missed by so many.

‘As a family, we would like to ask for privacy at this difficult time whilst we come to terms with our loss.

‘We appreciate and would like to say thank you for all of the kind tributes to our boy.’

Detective Inspector James Hardingham, leading the investigation, said: ‘My thoughts are with the family and friends of those concerned at this sad time.

‘We’re continuing our enquiries to establish the facts leading to the wall collapse.’

Police are asking anyone who has information or who saw anything that could help the investigation to make contact.

The house the garage was attached to has been made safe.

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