'He was my little sunshine boy' - Heartbroken mum pays tribute to 'caring' boy, 3, killed after tractor collision

The mum of a toddler who died after a collision with a tractor has paid tribute to her 'little sunshine boy' who 'just wanted everyone to be happy'. Albie Speakman has today (July 17) been named as the three-year-old boy who suffered fatal injuries after the tragic incident on a farm off Bentley Hall Road, near Bury.

His family desperately tried to get the toddler to hospital on Saturday afternoon before flagging an ambulance on Rochdale Old Road at around 12.45pm, but Albie was sadly pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. In a statement, his mum Leah has shared her favourite memories with the toddler and says she will 'find a way to be strong' for her son.

Leah said: “Albie was an incredibly loving, affectionate and caring boy who just wanted everyone to be happy. He was so sensitive and wanted everyone to be ok, especially the people that he loved.

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"He loved to play - whether it be with his family or friends at nursery - he would always look for little round things wherever he went, stones, polystyrene balls, bouncy balls, beads - I’m not sure why but he just loved anything round, he would just hold onto them.

“His favourite memories are at Cleethorpes beach, with his bucket and spade and his ball. His happiest days were on that beach, we were so free and didn’t have any cares in the world. It was just me and Albie and nothing else mattered. Whenever I’d ask him what he wanted to do, he’d want to go on holiday to the beach again; that’s how I know he was truly happy there.

“We all love Albie so much more than we can ever put into words - especially his Nan and his ‘Nanny-Nanny’, as he would always call her. I will miss