‘Joyful’ boy, 6, died after bumping his head racing friends in school playground

A six-year-old boy died in his sleep after bumping his head in the school playground, an inquest has heard.

Mohammed Yaseen Uddin was racing with his friends at Marlborough Primary School in Small Heath, Birmingham, in December on his lunch break when he ran into a wall.

He told a school receptionist: ‘I was running really fast, racing my friend and bumped into the wall.’

A first aider applied an ice pack to the visible bump on his head, but Yaseen appeared to pick himself up and behave normally.

His mum and sister were given medical advice when picking him up from school, and he continued to behave normally at home.

Simriel previously told the Mail: ‘He was a bright, joyful spirit and he was a beautiful, kind-hearted little boy.

‘He had a head collision in school -the school told my wife “Oh, your son has bumped his head”.

‘When she asked if it was anything serious they said, “No it’s nothing serious, it’s just a bump”.’

The family went to a local mosque and celebrated one of his sibling’s birthday with cake, Birmingham Coroner’s Court heard.

Yaseen told his dad Simriel Uddin later in the evening he did not feel well, and was given some Ibuprofen.

At around 11pm he began to vomit and began complaining of head pain.

The family took him to hospital but turned back round to change him after he threw up again in the car.

Yaseen said he did not want to go to hospital and just wanted to sleep, with his dad checking on him at 3am and 5am before he went to work.

But he was found dead just a few hours later,  Birmingham Live reports.

Yaseen’s cause of death was given as a traumatic right frontal extra-axial haemorrhage, which means a bleed outside of the brain but within the skull.

Louise Hunt, the Senior Coroner for Birmingham and Solihull said: ‘Yaseen was a six-year-old little boy who was normally fit and well.

‘He was described as happy and engaged when he came to school, a big character, who was always bubbly.’

She said: ‘This was a tragic accident and I record in conclusion this was an accident.

‘I’d like to reiterate and offer my condolences to all the family. It must be very hard for all of you and I’m very sorry if today’s inquest has made things more difficult. I’m so very sorry for your loss.’

Razia Ali, the executive headteacher at Marlborough, said: ‘Our school community has been left devastated by the tragic passing of one of our wonderful and much-loved pupils.

‘Yaseen was an incredibly helpful, kind and caring pupil who brought a smile to the face of everyone who came across him.

‘I know I speak for everyone when I say he will be deeply missed. All our thoughts and prayers are with Yaseen’s family and friends.’

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