MAINTENANCE crews were told about holes in motorway fences hours before two young boys were killed on the M56, an inquest heard.
Kieran Coupe, seven, and his six-year-old friend, Guy Davies, of Runcorn, were instantly killed when they were hit by cars at about 7.20pm on October 24, 2007.
Yesterday, Cheshire coroner Nicholas Rheinberg heard how at 4pm that day, the contractor charged with maintaining the boundaries along the M56 was told about holes in the fences at Preston Brook, Runcorn.
But it was not able to get out to the scene until 6am the day after the two youngsters were killed.
Richard Bennett, the director of the contractor, said if the gaps in fencing were close to farmland, a team would have been immediately dispatched.
The case continues.
