Grieving parents of electrocuted 11-year-old Seaview boy want answers
The family will be holding a service at the Full Gospel Church in Umbilo in Stellawood Road on Monday (24 February) at 11am, followed by a private cremation.
THE heartbroken parents of Kyle O’Reilly, who died on Sunday, are determined to find out what happened to their son, if only to help prevent the same fate befalling others.
“This isn’t about me, this is about Kyle, he was just a child, and he died unnecessarily,” “This isn’t about me, this is about Kyle, he was just a child and he died unnecessarily,” said O’Reilly who described his son as “the brightest light of my whole life.” said his father speaking exclusively to a reporter for the publication, the Queensburgh News today, (Thursday, 20 February).
Kyle, who was in Grade 5 at Hillary Primary School, would have turned 12 in September and was looking forward to going to high school in two years time.
Kyle’s father, Wayne O’Reilly, said he was heartbroken at the loss of his son who he described as “the brightest light of my whole life.”
“I cannot imagine how I can be expected to move on from this without knowing exactly what happened and how such a tragedy can be prevented.”
O’Reilly said Kyle, like any other child, was full of life and shouldn’t have been taken from his parents this way.
“He was just a child,” he kept repeating.
“Unfortunately, he was my child so I have to suffer, but I know many children die this way and it needs to stop.
The family will be holding a service at the Full Gospel Church in Umbilo in Stellawood Road on Monday (24 February) at 11am, followed by a private cremation.
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