Dad drowned after being swept out to sea just weeks after birth of his child | MAX3044 | 2024-02-21 11:08:01
Dad drowned after being swept out to sea just weeks after birth of his child | MAX3044 | 2024-02-21 11:08:01
A 'mild and caring' dad died after being swept out to sea by a riptide simply three weeks after his youngest youngster was born.
Matthew Collins, 39, entered the water to chill down with a good friend following a health club session final October, an inquest heard.
However the pair encountered robust currents and Mr Collins was pulled into intensely cold water off Broadstairs in Kent.
Mr Collins was airlifted to hospital, however was pronounced lifeless on arrival.
The tragedy occurred just three weeks after the start of his sixth baby and left his family heartbroken, the inquest in Maidstone was advised on Friday February 16.
Mr Collins had been to PureGym in Broadstairs on the morning of Wednesday October 18 before going to the seashore off Cliff Promenade within the town, the inquest heard.
Coroner Katrina Hepburn stated: 'They went out into the water and Matthew had problem and obtained swept by the tide.
'By the point the coastguard had arrived, Matthew had turn out to be unresponsive within the water.
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'He was taken out of the water by the coastguard and brought to hospital by air ambulance.'
Ms Hepburn concluded Mr Collins turned exhausted battling towards the waves, and that immersion within the cold water and an underlying case of thalassaemia – a genetic blood disease – prompted a deadly cardiac arrhythmia.
Mr Collins' mom, Melanie Collins-Brett, stated her son's demise has devastated their family.
Talking earlier than the inquest, she stated: 'He was one of the best son ever and I'm going to miss him terribly.
'He was my pal and such a mild, loving and caring son.
'It's exhausting to imagine I'm not going to see him once more, and my coronary heart will bleed until I do. I really like and miss him.'
Born in Margate, Mr Collins was dwelling in Maidstone, Kent, and working as a salesman at the time of his demise.
His companion, Lucy Smith – the mother of his youngest son Ronnie – described him as 'probably the most loving, type man'.
'You're and can all the time be the love of my life,' she wrote in a tribute.
'You have been the perfect dad to our son regardless that I do know it wasn't for lengthy.
'I do know given the prospect you'd've been a terrific dad to our Ronnie and I'll remind him of you daily, as will all his brothers and sisters.
'He's going to be so beloved and protected. My heart's broken. I really like you Matt.'
Mr Collins left six youngsters, Ronnie, Lacey, Jazmine, Junior, Melody and Honey, in addition to three grandchildren, Mabel, Dottie and Montana.
A fundraising page set as much as give Mr Collins the 'send-off he deserved' raised greater than £5,000.
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