British Toddler Dies in Tragic Holiday Accident
A British family’s holiday has come to a tragic and untimely end after their youngest son fell through the railings surrounding their hotel room’s balcony. Richard and Stacey Kremer, of Reading in Berkshire, had only recently arrived at the Laguna […]
A British family’s holiday has come to a tragic and untimely end after their youngest son fell through the railings surrounding their hotel room’s balcony.
Richard and Stacey Kremer, of Reading in Berkshire, had only recently arrived at the Laguna Resort in Sardinia with their three children when the accident occurred.
Standing out on the balcony with his two sons, Joel aged 5 and Brad aged 18 months, Richard Kremer turned to answer a question asked by his eldest son then looked back in time to see Brad fall from the other side of the railings.
Brad hit the tiled roof 10 feet below the balcony and sustained the head injuries that led to his death. His mother Stacey, 35, managed to climb off the balcony and pick him up, whereupon she took him to the hotel reception where an ambulance was called, but despite efforts to resuscitate Brad en route to the hospital, he was pronounced dead on arrival.
As no one actually saw how Brad got through the railings, contention has arisen between the family and the 4 star, Chia Laguna hotel over how the child managed to fall in the first place.
Contrary to the family’s insistence that their son must have squeezed under the railings, the hotel maintains, that at 10 cm (3.5 inches), the gap between the railings and the balcony wall (which conforms to both British and Italian regulations) would be too small for a toddler to fit their head through it.
However, with the top of the railings standing at 105 cm high (41.3 inches), the hotel’s claim that Brad must have climbed over them instead would also appear impossible.
The matter is under investigation by the police and, after an autopsy has been carried out, a report will soon be released which will hopefully deliver a verdict, as well as allow the Kremers to bring their son’s body home.
In the meantime, the parents have expressed deep gratitude for all the support which they have received, but ask that they and their remaining two children, Joel and three year old Scarlet, be given the space to grieve.