Children ‘seriously’ injured as inflatable slide collapses
LONDON: An air ambulance was needed after at least eight children were injured when an inflatable slide collapsed at a fairground in south-east England.
The injuries at Woking Park late on Saturday caused Surrey Police to declare a “major incident,” it said in a statement.
“Eight children have been taken to hospital by South East Coast Ambulance Service with potentially serious injuries,” it added.
Witness Andy Datson said he was concerned when he walked past the “flimsy” slide earlier in the night and noticed a large number of children playing on it.
“There were far too many kids on it. It didn’t look like it could hold that many people,” the 23-year-old said.
Police had contacted the local health and safety executive, and asked for “anyone who witnessed the incident, or has video or photographic footage of what happened, to make contact.” Woking Fireworks is an annual event in the town located some 40 kilometres south-west of London which raises money for numerous charities. CHARLES TAUGHT SONS TO PICK UP LITTER Prince Charles taught his children the importance of the environment through his actions, taking sons William and Harry out to pick up litter on holidays, a new BBC documentary reveals.
“We were in Norfolk on school holidays, and went out litter-picking with him... Both of us thought, ‘This is perfectly normal, everyone must do it.’ We’re there with our, basically, spikes, stabbing the rubbish into black plastic bags,” recalls Harry in the hourlong film made to commemorate Charles’ upcoming 70th birthday on November 14.
Harry added that he was “programmed” to pick up rubbish because of his father, who in the past was criticized for his environmentalism.
Charles, heir to the British throne, is a successful organic farmer and advocates for climate protection and threatened species. The documentary is set to be aired by the BBC on Thursday evening.