Eight-year-old boy died after horse kicked him at Warrington livery centre
An eight-year-old boy died after being kicked in the head by a horse at a livery centre in Warrington on 15 June, an inquest hearing concluded. Louie Isaac Webster suffered a subarachnoid haemorrhage (brain bleed) when a former racehorse, startled by his touch, lashed out whilst his mother was fetching him a drink from the car. The tragedy highlights the risks when a child with suspected ADHD briefly slips away from supervision near a potentially dangerous animal.
Louie, visiting the livery centre for the first time, was told to sit on a bench whilst his mother stepped about 15 to 20 paces away to retrieve water from the car. He slipped through a gap in the fence into the arena where his sister was mounted on the former racehorse and, stroking the animal's belly as he had enjoyed doing with previous horses, startled it into bucking and kicking him in the head. He was rushed to Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool in cardiac arrest and pronounced dead at 7:45pm; the coroner concluded the death was accidental.
- Eight-year-old boy died after horse kicked him in head at livery centre.
- Child slipped through fence while mother briefly stepped away for water.
- Coroner ruled death accidental; raises questions about child supervision and safety.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Boy, eight, died after being kicked in head by horse when he entered fenced off area while his mother’s back was turned, inquest told”.