The mother of a seven-year-old boy who died following a crash in Huddersfield has described how his death has “wrecked” her life as the driver responsible was jailed.

At around 6pm on Wednesday (Aug 30), 2023, emergency services were called to Longfield Avenue in Golcar following reports of a crash.

The crash involved a BMW X4 being driven by Nathan Shaw and seven-year-old Jack Rooke, who was in the road.

Jack was given emergency treatment but died a short time later.

Shaw was arrested at the scene and later charged following an investigation by the Major Collision Enquiry Team.

The 35-year-old, from Huddersfield, pleaded guilty to causing death while driving uninsured and two pervert the course of justice offences.

He was sentenced at Leeds Crown Court to 42 months in prison and disqualified from driving for 57 months.

In a victim personal statement, Jack's mother described the devastating impact her son's death has had on the family.

She said each day was a struggle without her “beautiful and loving boy” and that her life had been wrecked by his death.

She also described the impact on Jack's sisters, including Mya, who had lost her best friend.

In extracts from the full personal statement, she 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 being 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.”

Detective Sergeant Nina Roper, of the Major Collision Enquiry Team, 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.”