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Teenage girl dies in sledge crash Teenage girl dies in sledge crash
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A 16-year-old girl has died in hospital after being injured in a sledging accident in South Yorkshire. A teenage girl has died after suffering serious head injuries when a makeshift sledge crashed in South Yorkshire.
Francesca Anobile, of Mosborough, Sheffield, was among four girls hurt in the incident at Rother Valley Country Park, Rotherham, on Tuesday afternoon. Francesca Anobile, 16, of Mosborough, Sheffield, was among four girls hurt in the 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 metal sledge which is understood to have gone through a barbed wire fence. Her friend Nikki Burns, also 16 and from Sheffield, was seriously injured. The two other girls had minor injuries.
It is believed the sledge then struck a separate section of fence in a field being used for cattle grazing. South Yorkshire Police described the accident as "a tragic sledging incident".
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The other injured girls, described as "walking wounded", were taken by ambulance to Rotherham District General Hospital. The girls had been using an improvised metal sledge, believed to have been made from an upturned Land Rover roof, which is understood to have gone through a barbed wire fence.
One was named as Nikki Burns, 16, of Waterthorpe, Sheffield, who was being treated at the city's Royal Hallamshire Hospital. It then struck a separate section of fence in a field being used for cattle grazing.
Police are liaising with park rangers and the Health and Safety Executive in their investigation into the accident.Police are liaising with park rangers and the Health and Safety Executive in their investigation into the accident.
The South Yorkshire force issued a warning about the dangers of playing on snow and ice.The South Yorkshire force issued a warning about the dangers of playing on snow and ice.
A spokesman said: "Police would like to highlight the importance of personal safety during this period of adverse weather and advise everyone to take extra care when playing out in the snow and ice."A spokesman said: "Police would like to highlight the importance of personal safety during this period of adverse weather and advise everyone to take extra care when playing out in the snow and ice."
Rotherham Council said it had taken steps to prevent people sledging on that particular slope.