This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It will not be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/7878281.stm
The article has changed 3 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
Version 1 | Version 2 |
---|---|
Snow girl's father was at bedside | Snow girl's father was at bedside |
(about 6 hours later) | |
The father of a teenager who suffered fatal injuries in a sledging accident in south Yorkshire was at her bedside when she died, an inquest has heard. | The father of a teenager who suffered fatal injuries in a sledging accident in south Yorkshire was at her bedside when she died, an inquest has heard. |
Francesca Anobile, 16, of Mosborough, Sheffield, was with four friends when their sledge careered through a fence at Rother Valley Country Park. | Francesca Anobile, 16, of Mosborough, Sheffield, was with four friends when their sledge careered through a fence at Rother Valley Country Park. |
Donato Anobile said he was with his daughter when she died at Sheffield's Northern General Hospital. | Donato Anobile said he was with his daughter when she died at Sheffield's Northern General Hospital. |
An inquest into her death has been opened and adjourned. | An inquest into her death has been opened and adjourned. |
The coroner heard the investigation was examining a range of factors, including the fencing at the park. | The coroner heard the investigation was examining a range of factors, including the fencing at the park. |
Francesca's father and aunt leaving the inquest | |
Det Con Alan Marshall, of Rotherham Police, told the hearing that a Health and Safety Executive-led investigation was still under way and should be completed within two months. | Det Con Alan Marshall, of Rotherham Police, told the hearing that a Health and Safety Executive-led investigation was still under way and should be completed within two months. |
Mr Marshall said the investigation was also looking at the gradient of the slope. | Mr Marshall said the investigation was also looking at the gradient of the slope. |
Coroner Nicola Mundy adjourned the inquest, at Rotherham Police Station, to a date to be fixed and released Francesca's body so a funeral service could take place. | |
She said a post-mortem examination had taken place but she did not give the preliminary cause of death in court. | She said a post-mortem examination had taken place but she did not give the preliminary cause of death in court. |