Cayde C Palmer

cayde c greenslade
passed away tragicaly on the 1st july 2007
aged 16



Cayde was a Special older brother, shining star to Lita and Jessie, a wonderful step son to Jackie,
good mate to lots and an amasing grandson.




Cayde Greenslade was only 16 years old,when he very sadly passed away on the 01/07/07 at Hamworthy
train station this is part of the report from the daily echo:

A TEENAGER was killed after falling on to live rails at Hamworthy station seconds after he had been
play fighting with friends.

Cayde Greenslade, 16, of Hamworthy, was electrocuted after he tripped and fell on to the track at
around 5.20pm on Sunday.

British Transport Police (BTP) have reviewed CCTV footage from the station and are not treating the
incident as suspicious.

A spokesman for the BTP said: "We were called after reports a youth had been electrocuted on live
rails near Hamworthy station. A 16-year-old was declared dead at the scene.

"A group of up to six youths were spotted play fighting in the lead up to the incident. He (Cayde)
then wandered off towards the track, tripped and fell on the live line.

"This incident highlights the fact that railways are not a playground. There are 750 volts of
electricity going through the live rail, which in this instance proved fatal. This was a tragic
accident, but it sends out a clear message of the dangers of playing in the railway environment."

The lines were turned off until just before 9pm. Statements were taken from the other youths at the
scene.


4 months later another newspaper report had come out about cayde it read:


A 16-year-old boy was electrocuted on a live rail after a play-fight at a railway station, an
inquest has heard.

Bournemouth, Poole and East Dorset Coroner's Court heard Cayde Greenslade jumped off the platform
and stumbled on to the live rail at Hamworthy station.

Cayde and Jack Fendly, both from Hamworthy, Dorset, were slapping and chasing each other while
waiting for a train with friends on 1 July.

Coroner Sheriff Payne recorded a verdict of death by misadventure.

The two lads were just playing about, larking, just horseplay

Leighton Harrison, witness

Jack told the court: "I took a step forward to make him jump or something and instead of running
across the platform he jumped down.

"I'm not sure if he twisted his ankle or landed funny, but he stumbled forward, tried picking
himself up but he couldn't and fell on to the rail."

Another friend, Jack Edwards, from Branksome, Poole, told police in an interview: "I think Cayde
jumped on to the track to wind Jack up because he knew Jack wouldn't go on to the tracks because
they were dangerous."

'Chaos' on platform

The inquest heard Cayde had carefully jumped from the platform onto the tracks at least twice that
day.

The rail has 750 volts of direct current and the power is never switched off.

Leighton Harrison, a colour sergeant in the Royal Marines who was waiting for a train when the
incident happened, said: "The two lads were just playing about, larking, just horseplay.

"There was no malice between them."

He said "chaos" broke out on the platform after Cayde was electrocuted.

Police treated the death as suspicious until they watched CCTV footage of the accident.

'Lively boy'

A post-mortem examination showed the teenager, who was also known as Cayde Palmer, died from
electrocution and he had severe burns on his face and abdomen.

Coroner Sheriff Payne said: "I don't need to advise anybody how dangerous it can be to play around
live voltage railway lines."

Outside the inquest, Cayde's mother Lita Palmer said: "Children should be more aware of the fact
that if you mess about on train tracks, you could die.

"If anything good can come out of this it would be that no one else has to go through this."

She said Cayde left school at 16 to study carpentry and worked alongside his father laying laminate
flooring.

"He was a lovely, lively boy who saw the good in everybody," she added.









some of the tributes that were at the train station read:

We'll miss the games of footie we all had together. Rest now,"

"To my one and only bro, I'll always miss you and love you, love your lil' sis."

We had no chance to say goodbyee,
but for you, Cayde, we will not cry,
but in our hearts we'll hide our pain,
untill some day we'll meet again.
Love you so much Cayde x x x

cayde i love you, and i will never forget you, you were the best brother ever xxx






Cayde i will luv u 4eva coz real luv is 4eva XxX