This is three-year-old Thomas Boulton in his red devil costume, just minutes before he was left critically injured after being struck by a car as he walked home from a Halloween party.
The Alumwell Nursery pupil suffered serious head injuries after being in collision with a Volkswagen Golf in Darlaston Road, Pleck, in the early hours on Sunday.
He was taken to Walsall Manor Hospital then transferred to Birmingham Children’s Hospital in a critical condition, where he has lapsed in and out of consciousness since.
His mother Angela and father Chris, who live in Pleck, have kept a bedside vigil and his condition is described as ‘poorly but stable.’ Thomas’s picture was taken at a party at James Bridge Copper Working Men’s Club just 20 minutes before the accident.
Thomas’s mother Angela said today: “He is a very popular lad. He is well-loved, a bright spark and my baby.”
Family friend Katie Rolston, aged 18, had suffered leg injuries in the accident which happened close to the junction with Reservoir Place.
The driver of the car, a 23-year-old man who lives locally, was arrested in connection with the collision and has been bailed.
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hope he gets better soon
i really hope he gets better x
i love tom! he is such a sweet lad kts my best friend and tom is like a little bro 2 me
hope you recover soon
One question-why wasn’t he in bed at that time in the morin? Hope he makes a full recovery bless him.
hope u get better soon lil man, cant wait for you to come out
hold in der bby boi
u gonna b alrite i no it
xXx
We are all thinking about you.
hope thomas makes a full recovery, thinking of u all
andy, what the hell does it have 2 do with you. he was at a party at end of the day n it aint a crime 2 take ur child out n have a good time just bad that the accident happend n ruined a good nite.
Hold on in there sweetheart we are all thinking of you all the girls in opd walsall mandor
lOVE MANDY