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Boy hit by fairground ride dies | |
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A two-year-old boy has died after being hit by a fairground ride in north London. | |
Police said the toddler was killed in an accident at Ducketts Common in Turnpike Lane on Tuesday. | |
It is thought the toddler managed to leave the bouncy castle where he was playing and get on to the rails of the Go-Gator ride where he was struck. | |
The boy was with his mother and father when he was injured. He was taken to hospital but died on arrival. | |
Ray Smith, a spokesman for the funfair, said: "Nobody saw the little boy until the train hit him. | |
Every child that goes to a funfair should come home from the funfair Ray Smith | |
"The emergency brake was applied but it was too late. | |
"Every child that goes to a funfair should come home from the funfair." | |
He added that the Manning family who run the fair had been in the business for 150 years. | |
"They have never had a serious injury in all that time," he said. | |
The Health and Safety Executive is investigating and will look at how the boy managed to get past a fence separating the ride from the bouncy castle. | |
No arrests | |
A post-mortem examination is due to take place. No-one has been arrested. | |
Police said the fairground was closed after the incident. | Police said the fairground was closed after the incident. |
Local resident Graham Harper said security staff surrounded the area after the accident. | Local resident Graham Harper said security staff surrounded the area after the accident. |
He said: "There were lots of fairground security looking over various barriers to get to someone on the tracks. | He said: "There were lots of fairground security looking over various barriers to get to someone on the tracks. |
"I couldn't tell whether it was a child, but I assumed it was because I saw a man that was clearly very distressed." | "I couldn't tell whether it was a child, but I assumed it was because I saw a man that was clearly very distressed." |
A HSE inspector visited the scene after being alerted by the local authority at about 2100 BST on Tuesday. | A HSE inspector visited the scene after being alerted by the local authority at about 2100 BST on Tuesday. |