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this was NEVER happen in singapore - giving an apology
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Authority admits it failed to properly inspect decaying willow that crushed Ella Henderson in school playground
A council has been fined £280,000 for oversights that led to a six-year-old girl being crushed to death by a falling tree in her school playground.
Newcastle city council pleaded guilty at South Tyneside magistrates court to a charge relating to the death of year 2 pupil Ella Henderson, who was killed when a decaying willow tree fell on her in high winds at Gosforth Park first school in Newcastle while she was playing at lunchtime on 25 September 2020.
Her parents, Vikki and Neil Henderson, said they were “devastated beyond words” to hear in court how there was more than one occasion that Ella’s death could have been prevented.
The tree had been flagged by council workers in 2018 as needing further inspection but a number of failings meant this did not happen. It was found to have significant decay that caused the trunk to break during 38mph (60km/h) winds.
While several of her classmates sustained superficial injuries, Ella was seriously hurt and was taken by air ambulance to the Royal Victoria Infirmary, where she died in the early hours of the next day.
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(11-01-2023, 10:16 AM)wendychan Wrote: this was NEVER happen in singapore - giving an apology
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023...ating-loss
they don't blame you for wasting their time to remove your dead body can steal smile liao.
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