Good samaritan who stopped to help accident victim found son dying

A man who stopped to help at the scene of a road crash in Suffolk found his youngest son fatally injured.

Optometrist Guy Marshall, 53, who has received first aid training, got out of his car to help at the scene of the crash near his home in Orford.

It was then he realised his son Thomas, 18, had been involved in a collision with a Mazda MX-5 while riding a Suzuki GS 500cc motorcycle. He administered first aid and got his son breathing but Thomas later died.



Mr Marshall said as he was driving home he came to the scene of an accident and as he was a trained volunteer responder, he jumped out of his car to see if he could help.

"As I walked down the road, I just knew it was Thomas and there he was at the bottom of the hill," he said. "It was only a feeling, but I knew in my heart of hearts."

Mr Marshall said he managed to resuscitate him and held his dying son in his arms before paramedics and an air ambulance arrived.

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