Young friends fought to free tragic Casey, 12, from goalpost
Friends who were playing football with 12-year-old Casey Breese worked together to free him from under a goalpost which had fallen on him, an inquest has been told.
The five friends, who were playing at Caersws Recreation Ground on July 29 last year, lifted the posts from Casey's back. Casey, from the village, near Newtown, later died after suffering crush injuries n the incident.
An inquest yesterday heard that the group has been playing football with Casey playing as goalkeeper. He went to save a shot but got his foot caught in the net.
Boy, 12, crushed by rusty goalpost
As he pulled his foot free the goalposts fell on him, causing liver and crush injuries, from which he died later that day, in hospital.
Constable Andrew Jones from Dyfed-Powys Police paraphrased statements taken from the friends at the inquest in Welshpool.
Constable Jones said: "In the statement of George Clarke, 13, he said that after lunch he went out to play football with Casey Breese and others friends.
"He said during the match Casey was in goal when a shot was fired which went over the crossbar.
"As Casey went to save it he fell on his stomach and George saw the goal come down and land on Casey's back.
"The group worked together and lifted the goal allowing for Casey to crawl out."
He said Casey complained about his back hurting before his eyes rolled into the back of his head."
Constable Jones said that the goals had fallen once before when a youth had climbed on them, but nobody had been injured.
"A number of people have said that they saw the goals come down either a matter of weeks or months before hand," he said.
Marie Davies, said she had seen the goalposts in place two days before the incident.
The inquest continues.
