Family 'ripped apart' as young dad dies in horror crash just weeks after son born

Family 'ripped apart' as young dad dies in horror crash just weeks after son bornThe family of Callan Towle, who was tragically killed just three weeks after his son was born, have told how 'nothing will ever make up for what we have really lost'CommentsNewsMark Naylor and Tim Hanlon News Reporter09:58, 22 Apr 2026Updated 10:00, 22 Apr 2026View ImageCallan Towle died in a car crash(Image: Submitted)A "much loved" young dad was killed in a horrific crash just three weeks after his son was born, with his family saying their "whole world was ripped apart".‌Callan Towle, 24, of Hull, was the front seat passenger in a car which hit a telegraph pole in Fieldsend Lane, Burton Pidsea, Holderness, on September 10, 2023. Two other passengers in the back seats were also injured.‌His family has spoken of the terrible loss after the driver of the car in which he was a passenger was cleared, after a trial at Hull Crown Court, of causing the death of Mr Towle by careless driving. The motorist was also cleared of causing serious injury to two rear-seat passengers by careless driving.‌READ MORE: TfL chiefs 'baffled' by London Tube strikes as lines paralysed – see full listREAD MORE: New EU passport rules change coming April 22 2026 including certificateThe prosecution claimed the driver momentarily lost control of his black VW Polo while driving along with three passengers, all of them his friends, just before 8pm.It was said he was driving on a wide left 'S' bend heading west out of Burton Pidsea, on a "windy country road" and clipped the wing mirror of an oncoming car, reports Hull Live.‌The driver of the other car had to swerve onto the grass verge to avoid the VW Polo whose rear end went into the opposite lane before the vehicle was sent spinning and hit a telegraph pole, the court heard.The pole was knocked down because of the sheer force of the crash. Mr Towle was taken to Hull Royal Infirmary but he did not...