A CHESHIRE police spokesman last night said the drivers and occupants of the cars were receiving help and counselling from the Force’s Victim Support Unit. He refused to rule out charges being brought against any of the three drivers.

He added: “We will investigate fully the circumstances surrounding this incident.”

Mr Lambert, 31, described his son as affectionate to the point of being clingy.

He said: “He was loving, full of fun and really bouncy.

“He was just your typical little boy, always playing and up to something. I got custody through mutual agreement with his mum in March and we left Mansfield eight weeks ago.

“Kieran didn’t know the area that well. It was terrible having to tell her what had happened.

“She was alone at the time and was hysterical.

“Things are still sinking in.

“I just want her to know that I did my best to look after him.”

Mr Lambert, who is unemployed, said Kieran was settling in well in his new home and school.

He said: “Kieran liked being at home, he was a good lad and the kind of lad that, once he knew you, would run up to you and give you a great big hug.

“Things were not working out for us in Mansfield so I brought him up here. Runcorn is where I grew up and all my family are here.

“He had not been having a good life. It was hard for him. I thought if I brought him back up here it would give him the chance of a better life.

“He made lots of friends and was doing really well at school.” The motorway edge is about 300 yards from the back garden of Mr Lambert’s home, with woods in between.

He said: “Kieran knows not to go near the motorway, that it is dangerous.

“I had been teaching him the Green Cross Code only this week and he knew to stay away from the woods.

“He was playing with Guy and he had his little green scooter, a push scooter, and I thought they were in the street and they were safe.

“When it got to 5pm I started to worry because he was afraid of the dark and I knew he would want to be home.

“I went with my brother and about 12 neighbours to search the woods.

“I think he may have gotten lost in the woods and they were following the sound of our shouts when they got on to the motorway.”

Mr Lambert said Guy’s elder brother had been round to pass on condolences but he had not spoken to the other boy’s parents.

He added: “I don’t know how I feel. I was very hysterical.

“The doctors called to see me on Wednesday and gave me medication. They’ve suggested

I have counselling.

“It has not sunk in at all. We are all just in shock.” He said he had not yet been allowed to identify his son’s body and said he did not believe the impact of what had happened would hit him until he saw Kieran.

Neighbour Paula Taylor, 41, who lives in Blyth Close, said: “They were just ordinary little boys, always playing in the street and kicking a football about.

“I heard yesterday afternoon that they had gone missing and police were around helping the families look for them.

“Then we heard the news about the crash on the motorway.

“It is awful, just awful.”

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