Girl, 11, drowned after being 'jolted' from water ride at theme park

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Girl drowned on school trip after being ‘jolted’ from water ride at Drayton Manor theme park

AN 11-YEAR-OLD girl drowned on a school trip after she was "jolted" from a water ride at a theme park, a court has heard.

Evha then tried to climb up a travelator at the end of the six-minute ride before plunging into a 12ft pit of water, suffering a serious injury to her chest, and vanishing from view. The original cause of death was given as blunt force trauma to the chest. However, forensic pathologists later concluded that the schoolgirl drowned.Today, Cannock Magistrates' Court heard- which is now in administration - faces a single charge under the Health and Safety at Work Act.

Mr Mills said: "The failures were at an organisational level and not levelled at the individuals seeking on the day, no doubt, to do their very best."

 

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