Mother tells how tragic child's identical brother 'knew before anybody else knew' that something horrible had happened
The identical twin brother of a nine-year-old boy killed in a car accident sensed he was in danger – before police arrived to break the tragic news.
Heartbroken mum Sionaid Brown told how her son Zac said he was convinced something was wrong with his much-loved brother Logan, who was off visiting pals.
Sionaid spent two hours searching for Logan after he failed to return home from a friend’s house on Tuesday evening.
Despite hearing police sirens in the background, the 31- year-old had no idea that her beloved son had been struck by a car on the A92 near Glenrothes at around 5.40pm on Tuesday.
He was rushed to the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy but medics were unable to save him and he died from his injuries.
Sionaid, a mother-of-five, says Logan’s twin Zachary knew something had happened to his brother before anyone else.
Speaking from her home in the town’s Cadham area yesterday, Sionaid told the Daily Record: “I knew that Logan was going to see some friends. He came in and told me and so I said, as always, to make sure he was back before dark.
“Later, Zachary actually came up to me and said ‘Mum you need to go find Logan’.
“He knew before anybody else knew. He knew. They were so close. They shared a cot in the hospital. They shared a cot at home.
“You could put the two of them in the same moses basket for a short while because they were so small.
“They’ve never been apart.
"When Logan was in hospital for two nights, not one of the two of them slept.
“When we moved house, they just had to share a bed. They couldn’t sleep apart. Even now there’s been nights when I’ve gone to their room and found them snuggled together in bed.”
Sionaid, a stay-at-home mum, who described her son as "cheeky and caring" told how she doesn’t believe they’ll ever find out why her youngster was found so far away from home.
She said: "He's never ever wandered away before.
"Never gone that far.
"I don’t think we’ll ever know how he got there, how he came to be on that road.
"It's quite far from his friend's house.
"We don’t know all the details about the accident yet as the police are still investigating it.
"But if it was a genuine accident and there were no other factors involved I’d like to meet the woman driver.
"I'd like to tell her that, you know, I understand it was an accident."
Logan was struck by a black Vauxhall Corsa between the Cadham and Balfarg junctions on the busy A92 during rush hour.
His brave mother held it together as she told how the family had a dream holiday booked in June to Sundrum Castle in North Ayrshire before spending a few days in Fort William.
Sionaid told how they were hoping to take “train daft” Logan on Fort William’s Jacobite Steam engine from the Harry Potter films - fulfilling his lifelong dream.
She paid tribute to the youngster who she said loved playing practical jokes on family members and who loved water so much, he’d spend hours in the bath.
Speaking through tears, Sionaid remembered the twins regularly sharing baths and splashing around so much, water came through the kitchen ceiling below.
Doting grandfather Robert Brown, who turns 54 on Friday, said he was never able to tell the identical twins apart.
He said: “I couldn’t tell them apart as babies and that never changed.
"If they were standing in front of me right now, and I wish they were, I’d still not be able to tell you which was which.
“I know twins are always close but these two had a bond that just couldn’t be broken.”
Little Logan leaves behind four siblings - nine-year-old twin Zachary, sister Tiegan, 14, Brett, 20 and sister Sharn, 21.
Logan’s dad, Dean Carrie, tragically passed away almost two years ago at the age of 43 when the twins were just seven years old.
A postmortem is to be carried out on Logan and although no funeral plans are in place his mum hopes to have him buried at Leslie Cemetery in the coming weeks.
Investigators are appealing for witnesses that saw the accident to come forward.
Inspector Brenda Sinclair said: “Tragically this collision has resulted in the loss of a young boy’s life and our thoughts are with his family at this harrowing time.
“We are appealing for any drivers or pedestrians who may have been on the A92 at the time of the collision to come forward and help establish the full circumstances of the incident.”
Anyone with information about this collision can contact Police Scotland on 101 or anonymously through Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
