Boy’s quad bike death in Kerry ruled as accidental

Pathologist Dr Margot Anne Bolster told the family at the inquest that death would have would have been 'immediate' and he would not have suffered

George Francis (Freddie) Davenport was killed when he fell off a quad bike driven by his grandfather. Picture: via RIP.ie

A verdict of accidental death has been returned in the inquest into the death of a five-year-old boy who fell off a quad bike driven by his grandfather in Cloghane, Dingle, in August 2023.

The quad bike was towing a motorised mower and George Francis (Freddie) Davenport had become entangled in the mower, the inquest at the West Kerry Coroner’s Court in Tralee was told.