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| Padstow speedboat deaths: 'Driver not using engine kill cord' | Padstow speedboat deaths: 'Driver not using engine kill cord' |
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| The driver of a speedboat that crashed killing a father and daughter was not wearing a safety cord which could have stopped the engine, investigators say. | The driver of a speedboat that crashed killing a father and daughter was not wearing a safety cord which could have stopped the engine, investigators say. |
| Nick Milligan, 51, and daughter Emily, eight, were killed after they and the rest of their family were thrown out of their vessel near Padstow in Cornwall. | Nick Milligan, 51, and daughter Emily, eight, were killed after they and the rest of their family were thrown out of their vessel near Padstow in Cornwall. |
| The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) said the unnamed driver was not using the vessel's kill cord. | The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) said the unnamed driver was not using the vessel's kill cord. |
| The cord clips the driver to the boat and cuts the engine if they fall out. | The cord clips the driver to the boat and cuts the engine if they fall out. |
| Runaway boat | Runaway boat |
| Investigators still do not know why all six members of the Milligan family were flipped out of their speedboat over the May Day Bank Holiday weekend. | Investigators still do not know why all six members of the Milligan family were flipped out of their speedboat over the May Day Bank Holiday weekend. |
| But the engine continued running and "as the boat circled, it ran over the family in the water a number of times", said the initial MAIB report. | |
| BSkyB executive Mr Milligan and his daughter Emily were killed. | BSkyB executive Mr Milligan and his daughter Emily were killed. |
| His wife Victoria, 39, had her left leg amputated below the knee. | His wife Victoria, 39, had her left leg amputated below the knee. |
| Mrs Milligan and their four-year-old son Kit will need further surgery. | Mrs Milligan and their four-year-old son Kit will need further surgery. |
| They have been transferred from Derriford Hospital in Plymouth to a hospital in London. | They have been transferred from Derriford Hospital in Plymouth to a hospital in London. |
| The Milligans' two elder daughters, Amber and Olivia, received minor injuries in the accident. | The Milligans' two elder daughters, Amber and Olivia, received minor injuries in the accident. |
| A statement from the family said: "We are grateful for the continued support of our family and friends and the good wishes we have received from the public." | A statement from the family said: "We are grateful for the continued support of our family and friends and the good wishes we have received from the public." |
| The runaway boat was brought under control by water skiing instructor Charlie Toogood who leapt from his own boat into the craft to turn off its engine. | The runaway boat was brought under control by water skiing instructor Charlie Toogood who leapt from his own boat into the craft to turn off its engine. |
| The Milligan family, from Wandsworth in south London, owned a holiday home at Daymer Bay near Padstow. | |
| Boat owners are not obliged by law to use a kill cord but accident investigators hope the case will encourage more of them to do so. |