Young Afghan asylum seeker run over on M1 ‘upset’ after being ruled an adult

Amir Safi, who said he was 16, was quiet and withdrawn' following social worker's assessment, inquest hears

A young asylum seeker from Afghanistan who died after being run over on a motorway slip road was upset that a social worker did not believe he was a child, an inquest has heard.

Amir Safi, who said he was 16, was seen by a witness ambling" up an M1 slip road in Nottinghamshire before he was found with multiple bone fractures and a brain injury on 28 April last year.