THE heartbroken grandparents of a nine-year-old boy killed on the A92 are calling on West Fifers to back their pleas for improved safety measures.

Dunfermline couple Robert and Alice Brown’s grandson, Logan, was struck tragically by a car north of Glenrothes on 10th February and died from his injuries at the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy.

An investigation is still ongoing into the accident but it is thought that the youngster, who lived with mum, Sionaid (31), sister, Tiegan (14) and twin brother, Zachary, may have run on to the busy stretch of road between the Cadham and Balfarg junctions through a gap in a hedge.

The Browns, of Islay Road, have already written to transport minister Keith Brown demanding action to improve safety. This includes the construction of flyover crossings for pedestrians on the stretch of road near the scene of the accident; the installation of a roundabout and traffic lights at the Balfarg junction; improvements to lighting; and the cutting back of branches along the road to improve the view of drivers and pedestrians.

Robert is looking to start a petition to gather support for his campaign and told the Press, “I thought that I was a strong person until this but it has brought me to my knees.

“Logan loved Thomas the Tank Engine and there are a couple of small trains at his grave but I have a small Thomas the Tank Engine book where I go up and read two or three pages out loud to him.

"I get to a certain stage and I have a lump in my throat and that’s when I have to stop and say I’ll read more to you next time. It is very harrowing.

“We want to start a petition and are looking to get a flyover constructed near to where Logan died as it’s not safe to cross there.

"There’s been branches cleared back and a fence put up where they assume Logan came through but that’s not good enough.

"A proper job of cutting back branches along the road needs to take place straight away because at the area of the fence they have simply bent branches back. Is this what they consider to be the price of a nine-year-old child’s life?

“Also on 4th March, 15 lights – 12 heading west and three on the east – were out. I would like to know if the lights were on on the night he died but nobody knows.

"You never switch off and I want answers and although I know we’re not going to get Logan back, if we can help prevent another life being lost then his life will not have been in vain.” Describing Logan and his brother – who celebrated their birthday in January – as “popular kids”, Alice revealed that they would often go out to play near their home in the Balfarg area of Glenrothes as far as a basketball court and return home when it started to get dark.

But she said, “On the night Zachary didn’t want to go so Logan went on his own but didn’t turn back and we don’t know why.

"On the night Logan went missing Zachary said to his mum that something’s happened and that she should go looking for him.

"She had heard sirens but didn’t put two and two together and they were for Logan. But Zachary knew something had happened and twins have that sense in them.

"Zachary is coping a bit better now and still talks about his brother but it has been hard for him. We have to keep going and the campaign is helping Robert.

"If we can get answers and help stop it happening to another family then it will have been worth it.” Robert continued, “In 2008 and 2009 I lost seven people including a son, my mother, my brother and some friends, and I never thought I could hurt like that again. But this has hurt like hell.

"But the public response has been fantastic and there were over 200 people at the funeral. There were lots of teddies left and one had a wee message attached to it that said ‘For your journey in the sky’.

"Zachary has been invited with the family to watch a boxing match in Glasgow and the Deer Centre in Cupar have offered a family pass.

"What really hurts though is that he was killed on the 10th, I had my birthday on the 13th and that was the day I was picking his burial plot. Then on my other daughter’s birthday we were picking his headstone.

“When I went to identify his body, the policeman there was talking but my mind was in such a turmoil I wasn’t taking everything in.

"He mentioned a hole in the wall and I didn’t click, so when I went back to the road I thought he had meant a cash machine and so I was driving along looking for that.

“We’ll probably never know what happened but we need action to stop it happening again.

"If I was a millionaire I would pay for a flyover myself because how many more people will have to die before something is done?” Dunfermline South councillor Billy Pollock has been liaising with the family and added, “It is an ongoing issue and I know the MP, Lindsay Roy, has been campaigning for improvements to the A92 for a number of years.

"The frustration is not having any clarification as to what happened and we have to hope that the enquiry will give the family some answers but I fully support their campaign.”