A son is hit and killed by car

 
Pic: Aaron Matharu
Staff reporter(wp/es):
A father watched helplessly from his bedroom window as his “angelic” son was hit and killed by a car as he crossed the road outside his home.
Aaron Matharu, 11, was thrown several metres into the air on a pedestrian crossing in Hounslow after he was struck by a black Volkswagen Polo as he walked home.
His father Kuli Matharu, 41, said he rushed outside after seeing the crash from an upstairs window overlooking the busy junction.
He said: “I ran out screaming, ‘That’s my son’. When I got there two people were trying to resuscitate him. My son was just going on an innocent trip to the shops and he was killed.”
Aaron, who had started at Cranford Community College three weeks ago, had just stepped off a traffic island in Bath Road, Cranford, when he was struck at 5.45pm on Friday.
 Passers-by fought to save his life using CPR before an ambulance crew arrived but he died later in hospital.

Mr Matharu, a delivery driver, said: “The whole community knows he was a lovely boy, he’s going to be missed. Every day when I wake up in my bedroom and open the curtains I’m going to see where my son died. Every time I go to work I have to drive past the spot where my son was killed.
“He had just started big school three weeks ago, he was so excited. Aaron was everyone’s friend, all the shopkeepers knew him, he was a popular kid. He was never naughty, he never did silly things, he was so sensible.”
Mr Matharu said he had complained to police several times about the junction, where there are two or three accidents a month, and had been told its layout was being reviewed.
He said: “It’s too late for me, my son has gone. I have a younger son who is staying at my sister-in-law’s. I’m trying to work out a way to tell him his brother is dead. How am I going to tell him? He’s not even five years old.”
Navjoyt Sehmi, Aaron’s aunt, said her nephew was “loved by everyone”, as she laid flowers at the spot where he was killed.
She said: “Aaron gave so much love and in such a short space of time he has given us the best memories ever.
"He was a kind and gentle soul. He was never naughty, we never had to tell him off ever. He was so loving and warm he was an absolute angel. He was too pure and too innocent for this world.”
In a Facebook tribute, Hina Malike, Aaron’s teacher, said: “My thoughts and prayers are with his mum and the family at this difficult times and pray for them to have the strength to cope with this irreplaceable loss.
“As a teacher I will always remember you as a caring, loving student who was keen to help others. Aaron, you will be missed by all of us. May your angelic soul RIP.”
After the accident, the driver was taken to hospital suffering from trauma. He has not been arrested.