We'll churn up road with JCBs, warn grieving parents.

From: Evening Courier (Halifax, England) | Date: September 4, 2007 | Copyright information

A DEFIANT mother and father have threatened a dramatic protest to slow down motorists.

Neville Graham, 34, and Paula Luders, 27, lost their son Connor when he was hit by a car in Claremount Road, Boothtown, Halifax, this time last year.

Electrician Thomas Ashcroft was driving the Ford Fiesta which hit the toddler.

He was cleared of any blame by coroner Mark Hinchliffe, who recorded a verdict of accidental death.

Connor, two, slipped out...

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