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| Man's drain death was 'accident' | Man's drain death was 'accident' |
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| A jury has returned a verdict of accidental death at the inquest into the death of a man who was stuck in a drain during the summer floods. | A jury has returned a verdict of accidental death at the inquest into the death of a man who was stuck in a drain during the summer floods. |
| Michael Barnett's thigh became wedged in metal fencing used as a temporary grille on a storm drain as the floods rose in Hull on 25 June. | Michael Barnett's thigh became wedged in metal fencing used as a temporary grille on a storm drain as the floods rose in Hull on 25 June. |
| The inquest heard he died from hypothermia after an unsuccessful four-hour operation to free him. | The inquest heard he died from hypothermia after an unsuccessful four-hour operation to free him. |
| Mr Barnett, 28, had cleared debris from the same drain in an earlier flood. | Mr Barnett, 28, had cleared debris from the same drain in an earlier flood. |
| Amputation 'impossible' | Amputation 'impossible' |
| A bystander who watched the rescue efforts had told the inquest that "nobody seemed to know what to do". | |
| Geoffrey Claxton, 76, said at one point Mr Barnett went completely under the water as rescuers tried to pull the grille free using the winch on a Land Rover vehicle. | |
| He said: "Everyone was doing what they could, I suppose, but they didn't seem very professional. Nobody seemed to know what to do. | He said: "Everyone was doing what they could, I suppose, but they didn't seem very professional. Nobody seemed to know what to do. |
| "I couldn't understand why they couldn't have put a harness on him and pulled him out." | "I couldn't understand why they couldn't have put a harness on him and pulled him out." |
| Doctor Herman Vixseboxe had gone to the scene equipped with a special saw expecting to perform an emergency amputation on Mr Barnett. | Doctor Herman Vixseboxe had gone to the scene equipped with a special saw expecting to perform an emergency amputation on Mr Barnett. |
| But he told the inquest the operation would have been "impossible" for a number of reasons. | But he told the inquest the operation would have been "impossible" for a number of reasons. |