EQUIPMENT intended to save the lives of knife crime victims has been purchased by the family of stabbing victim Adam Ellison.
Former St Helens College student Adam, 29, was stabbed in the neck with an unknown weapon as he walked home in Prescot on Saturday, November 4 2017.
He was taken to hospital for surgery but died that morning.
His family set up a charity in his name ADAM (Achieving Dreams And Memories) with the aim of giving back to the Prescot community who rallied around them after his death.
The charity do a lot to also raise awareness of knife crime prevention, and have purchased these bleed kits with the aim of getting venues in the area to have them on site to save other lives.
One of these kits recently saved the life of a 16-year-old boy at Riverside College after three boys were stabbed earlier this month.
Suzanne Lawrenson, a friend of the family and a member of the ADAM commitee said: "Adam's family will never know if kit like this could have saved Adam's life, but we know that on average, emergency services take seven minutes to arrive on scene after a 999 call.
"So after we saw these advertised the family thought that these kits could make all the difference in those seven minutes, and might save more lives."
The kit has gauze, a tourniquet, scissors, an app on mobile phones giving advice on injuries and more.
The charity have already been around Prescot and Knowsley as a whole looking for venues to have a kit, with many in the area already signing up.
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