"We cannot restrain children, they have a life to live"

Coroner Michael Rose said there was nothing Dylan's parents, Rachel McCollum and Darren Cecil could have done to prevent this "terrible tragedy".

A tragic misfortune, a nightmare from which they cannot wake.We cannot restrain children, they have a life to live.

– Coroner Michael Rose

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Inquest into seaside death

The inquest into how a four-year-old boy died while visiting the Somerset seaside with his family has recorded a verdict of accidental death by drowning.