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The Good Samaritan who helped troubled ex-footballer Clarke Carlisle after his failed suicide bid has been found dead.

Caring young dad Chris Kilbride looked after Carlisle after he attempted to end his life by jumping in front of a lorry just before Christmas last year.

The 24-year-old, who also comforted the devastated lorry driver who had glass in his eyes, told the Sunday Mirror in March how he was traumatised by the incident.

His dad, also called Chris, wrote on Facebook: "It is with deep regret and a broken heart that i have to inform my friends that my son Chris Kilbride passed away yesterday.

"Thanks to all the people that have already passed ontheir thoughts. RIP son Im already missing you like crazy.....You will never leave my thoughts xxx."

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Carlisle himself paid tribute to Mr Kilbride saying: "It is tragic news.

"My sincerest condolences go out to his family at this time."

The Wakefield Coroner said he had been informed about the death, but it is not known how Mr Kilbride died.

Chris, from Leeds, was in a van on his way to work around 7.30am when he was forced to swerve as he spotted a body in the road.

He said in March he had been left in a "really dark place" - suffering flashbacks and nightmares about the horrendous scene he happened upon.

The dad was left so disturbed by the image of Clarke's bloodied body, he had to quit his job at a chicken farm after breaking down in tears every time he passed the scene.

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It is believed Chris and his girlfriend Brooke Bleasby were expecting their third child.

He said at the time: "I have nightmares all the time, I see Clarke's shoes and all the blood.

"I said to myself, 'If he survives I would like to meet the man.'

"I don't have any hatred towards him.

"He did what he did because he was in a bad place."

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Clarke, who played for QPR and Burnley as a defender, had thrown himself in front of a lorry on the A64 Leeds to York dual carriageway on December 22ndlast year.

The suicide bid came days after he vanished from his home in York he shared with wife, Gemma, 33.

The pair have since split.