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3 September 2026

‘No parent should ever have to bury their child’: Parents remember Childers boy Blayde Pettitt, 13, after fatal e-scooter crash

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‘No parent should ever have to bury their child’: Parents remember Childers boy Blayde Pettitt, 13, after fatal e-scooter crash

In making the hardest decision of their lives, Blayde’s parents ensured his kindness would live on.

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