A father in Rotherham spent three weeks at the hospital bedside of a teenager he believed was his son, only to later learn that his actual son had died in the same car crash, according to the BBC.
The identification error occurred following a fatal crash in the Rotherham area. Police mistakenly told the father that his son had survived the incident, BBC reports. The father "couldn't comprehend" the mix-up, the outlet said, as he sat vigil beside the wrong young man, unaware that his own child had already passed away.
An inquest into the crash heard that a teenager had been driving at 95 mph before the collision, which claimed two lives, according to thestar.co.uk. The high speed was cited as a factor in the severity of the wreck that left two people dead.
