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| A 16-year-old girl has died in hospital after being injured in a sledging accident in South Yorkshire. | A 16-year-old girl has died in hospital after being injured in a sledging accident in South Yorkshire. |
| Francesca Anobile, of Mosborough, Sheffield, was among four girls hurt in an incident at Rother Valley Country Park, Rotherham, on Tuesday afternoon. | Francesca Anobile, of Mosborough, Sheffield, was among four girls hurt in an incident at Rother Valley Country Park, Rotherham, on Tuesday afternoon. |
| She was airlifted to the Northern General Hospital, in Sheffield, where she died shortly after 1800 GMT. | She was airlifted to the Northern General Hospital, in Sheffield, where she died shortly after 1800 GMT. |
| The girls had been using an improvised sledge which is understood to have gone through a barbed wire fence. | The girls had been using an improvised sledge which is understood to have gone through a barbed wire fence. |
| It is believed the sledge then struck a separate section of fence in a field being used for cattle grazing. | It is believed the sledge then struck a separate section of fence in a field being used for cattle grazing. |
| The other injured girls were taken by ambulance to Rotherham District General Hospital. | |
| One was named as Nikki Burns, 16, of Waterthorpe, Sheffield, who was later being treated at the city's Royal Hallamshire Hospital. | One was named as Nikki Burns, 16, of Waterthorpe, Sheffield, who was later being treated at the city's Royal Hallamshire Hospital. |