Brit holidaying in Thailand receive news of parents’ death in UK. Photo courtesy of Lewis Barton Facebook

A 21 year old Brit holidaying in Thailand received the horrifying news that his parents had died in a tragic crash.

 

Lewis Barton’s parents, 56 year old Christopher Barton and 48 year old Janine Barton were on their motorbike, enjoying a day out at Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, when they collided with a Ford Focus on the A61 between Wakefield and Barnsley.

 

The impact killed the Bartons instantly, along with 33 year old Shane Roller, his partner 30 year old Shannen Morgan, and their daughters Rubie and Lillie, aged nine and four respectively.

 

The couple’s eldest daughter, 11 year old Poppie, escaped the deadly accident as she had chosen to stay at a friend’s house rather than join her family for the outing.

 

Barton, devastated, flew back home immediately after hearing the tragic news. In a tribute released through West Yorkshire Police, he described his parents as “a loving, caring mum and dad who always put me before everything else.”

Neighbours in Barnsley were in shock. An 87 year old woman, Margaret, who lived nearby, remembered the couple fondly.

 

“They loved life, they were always laughing. It’s the biggest tragedy I’ve ever come across.”

 

The Bartons had just celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary and had recently finished renovating their garden, planning a big celebration, reported Daily Mail UK.

 

The incident has also left Roller and Morgan’s eldest daughter, Poppie, orphaned. A family friend, Paul Hepple, has been caring for her. Hepple set up a GoFundMe page which has raised over £31,000 (around 1 million baht) for her future care.

 

“Poppie is now staying with her auntie, who is an amazing, loving, and capable guardian. The love and support we have received from all of you have been truly overwhelming.”

 

Shane’s father, Graham Roller, paid a heartfelt tribute to his lost family on Facebook.

 

“Shane wasn’t just a son but an amazing father with a heart of gold. Shannen was an amazing mum, and they adored their little family. They will always be in our hearts and thoughts forever.”

 

by Puntid Tantivangphaisal 
TOP picture: Brit holidaying in Thailand receive news of parents’ death in UK. Photo courtesy of Lewis Barton Facebook
 

Source: The Thaiger 2024-07-25

 

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2 minutes ago, webfact said:

A family friend, Paul Hepple, has been caring for her. Hepple set up a GoFundMe page which has raised over £31,000 (around 1 million baht) for her future care.

 

 

brits seem to have glommed on to gofundme with much more aplomb than the rest of the world.

A motorbike took out the entire other family in the Focus, how fast was this crash?! 

1 minute ago, n00dle said:

brits seem to have glommed on to gofundme with much more aplomb than the rest of the world.

 

Do you have some statistics to back that up or are you just Trolling?

8 minutes ago, webfact said:

Hepple set up a GoFundMe page which has raised over £31,000 (around 1 million baht) for her future care.

 

It appears that amount is wrong, the BBC shows that number as over £300,000 2 days ago.

1 minute ago, NowNow said:

 

Do you have some statistics to back that up or are you just Trolling?

 

Sensitive much? Is making a personal observation trolling?

I cannot recall the last time I stumbled on a Canadian or American asking for funds, especially within my acquaintance. I do, however, know a great many British folks and have seen several gofundme campaigns from that sector lately. 

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10 minutes ago, lordgrinz said:

A motorbike took out the entire other family in the Focus, how fast was this crash?! 

 

from the googles.

Just now, n00dle said:

Sensitive much? Is making a personal observation trolling?

I cannot recall the last time I stumbled on a Canadian or American asking for funds, especially within my acquaintance. I do, however, know a great many British folks and have seen several gofundme campaigns from that sector lately. 

 

https://www.gofundme.com/en-ca/c/act/canada-cost-of-living

 

https://www.gofundme.com/discover

 

You only read about them here due to the scraping of articles from the likes of the Daily Mail that have a Thailand link.

5 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

 

from the googles.

 

It looks like a fairly slow (30-50mph) two way road, I assume based on the pictures, that the Porsche passed into the other lane and made the bike swerve into the Ford Focus head-on. You can see the impact on the proper driving side, and the debris from the impact to the left side of the road. If that bike had just went left to the shoulder they might have survived, but split-second decisions can be devastating, sad all-around.

27 minutes ago, lordgrinz said:

A motorbike took out the entire other family in the Focus, how fast was this crash?! 

The Focus set on fire........

24 minutes ago, n00dle said:

Sensitive much? Is making a personal observation trolling?

I cannot recall the last time I stumbled on a Canadian or American asking for funds, especially within my acquaintance. I do, however, know a great many British folks and have seen several gofundme campaigns from that sector lately. 

Relax it`s voluntary...no one will be asking you to contribute

30 minutes ago, lordgrinz said:

 

It appears that amount is wrong, the BBC shows that number as over £300,000 2 days ago.

£374,590

 raised of £3,000 target

1 hour ago, lordgrinz said:

A motorbike took out the entire other family in the Focus, how fast was this crash?! 

Seatbelts?

I heard that another driver has been arrested for dangerous driving.

Sad story but it's not really got anything to do with Thailand.

 

Don't we have enough bike wreck and car wreck stories without adding those of other countries?

6 minutes ago, PJ71 said:

Sad story but it's not really got anything to do with Thailand.

 

Don't we have enough bike wreck and car wreck stories without adding those of other countries?

You are under no obligation to open any thread you feel is unimportant to yourself.......

12 minutes ago, PJ71 said:

Sad story but it's not really got anything to do with Thailand.

 

Don't we have enough bike wreck and car wreck stories without adding those of other countries?

 

UK & Europe Topics and Events in case you need to be reminded. There is also a link to Thailand. 

What are you doing here exactly?

1 hour ago, webfact said:

The incident has also left Roller and Morgan’s eldest daughter, Poppie, orphaned. A family friend, Paul Hepple, has been caring for her. Hepple set up a GoFundMe page which has raised over £31,000 (around 1 million baht) for her future care.

RIP to all the deceased, and thoughts to the surviving child, but i would assume the parents were covered by some sort of life insurance, is GoFundMe a substitute for forward planning.

3 minutes ago, NowNow said:

 

UK & Europe Topics and Events in case you need to be reminded. There is also a link to Thailand. 

What are you doing here exactly?

Some people can't read

18 minutes ago, PJ71 said:

Sad story but it's not really got anything to do with Thailand.

 

Don't we have enough bike wreck and car wreck stories without adding those of other countries?

there is a link to Thailand, so its news that is applicable/related to the posters on here

5 minutes ago, steve187 said:

RIP to all the deceased, and thoughts to the surviving child, but i would assume the parents were covered by some sort of life insurance, is GoFundMe a substitute for forward planning.

 

Anything wrong with having both or is jealousy niggling at you?

2 minutes ago, NowNow said:

 

Anything wrong with having both or is jealousy niggling at you?

why would i be jealous of someone losing her whole family

2 minutes ago, steve187 said:

why would i be jealous of someone losing her whole family

 

So why mention GoFundMe at all? If there is life insurance, great. 

1 hour ago, petermik said:

You are under no obligation to open any thread you feel is unimportant to yourself.......

Thanks for letting me know that.

RIP

The unpredictable and harsh reality of life.

Such tragic accidents where families are wiped out are frequent in Thailand. Ironic that he was on holiday in a country where road accidents are a common concern, only to receive devastating news about a fatal crash back home in the UK. 

 

Life is quite absurd and deaths the final word...

3 hours ago, still kicking said:

Some people can't read

 

In particular those who are adamant that tragedies of this sort can only happen in Thailand and never ever in any other country on this great planet of ours..
 

4 hours ago, lordgrinz said:

motorbike took out the entire other family in the Focus, how fast was this crash?! 

WAIT don’t speculate the police are looking for the driver of a Porsche who MAY have been involved.

As for the damage a heavy bike can do enormous damage when just travelling at 30MPH also remember this was a combined speed crash.

RIP the people involved in it, such sad loss.

Please don’t speculate just wait until the police report, it could be that neither driver caused this horrendous accident.

RIP to his parents and condolances for him, but I am wondering why this is a news item?? It happen to more people that they are on holiday and got this kind of terrible news that a parent/ sibling/ or other relative died. So why this? 

11 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

RIP to his parents and condolances for him, but I am wondering why this is a news item?? It happen to more people that they are on holiday and got this kind of terrible news that a parent/ sibling/ or other relative died. So why this? 

 

Because "Thailand" was mentioned in the original UK publication.

 

The AI internet news scraping programme found it.

 

It's an 'orrible, 'eartbreakin' tragedy, featuring Brits, with a tenuous Thailand connection.

 

So here it is.......and here we are.

 

 

21 hours ago, OJAS said:

 

In particular those who are adamant that tragedies of this sort can only happen in Thailand and never ever in any other country on this great planet of ours..
 

No,they don’t think that,but it is true to point out Thailand’s much higher propensity for this sort of accident and RTAs in general.