Mum's heartbreak after boy, 7, killed in 'every parent's worst nightmare'

Mum's heartbreak after boy, 7, killed in 'every parent's worst nightmare' Nathan Shaw was driving a BMW X4 in Huddersfield when he hit Jack Rooke, killing the 'loving and happy' seven-year-old A mother says she will never be who she used to be after her seven-year-old son was killed in a car crash. Nathan Shaw was driving a BMW X4 when he hit Jack Rooke near Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, with the boy passing away a short time later. The 35-year-old pleaded guilty to causing Jack's death while driving without insurance and to two counts of perverting the course of justice. Jack's mother has now issued a heartbreaking tribute for her son, saying every day is a struggle without her "beautiful and loving" boy. The woman added that Jack's death has also had a significant impact on the boy's sisters, including Mya, who has lost her "best friend". The mother said: "I can’t accept that Jack has gone and I never will. I replay his funeral, me having to carry my little boy in a coffin. "Looking at him in the chapel of rest wanting and wishing him to open his eyes. Travelling in the ambulance with Jack, seeing the paramedics trying to save his life, then been told that he had gone, is a parent’s worst nightmare that no one should have to go through. "Leaving the hospital without them having to tell your other children. How will I navigate that and deal with it for the rest of my life? However, I have to for the sake of my other children, but it is hard. "It’s hard to parent when you have been killed inside, I will never be who I used to be." Emergency services were called to Longfield Avenue in Golcar, near Huddersfield, at about 6pm on August 30, 2023, after a BMW X4 driven by Shaw hit Jack, Yorkshire Live reports. The boy received emergency treatment but was pronounced dead a short time later. Shaw was arrested at the scene and then charged. The driver, of Tudor Street, Huddersfield, was sentenced at Leeds Crown Court yesterday to 42 months in prison. He was also disqualified from driving for 57 months. Detective Sergeant Nina Roper, who led the investigation, said: "The death of Jack has been an absolute tragedy for his family as his mother’s victim family statement so movingly illustrates. The loss of such a loving and happy boy at such a young age has clearly been absolutely devastating, and the scale of their loss is hard for many of us to comprehend. "Our thoughts continue to remain with them following the sentencing of Nathan Shaw today."