Boy falls from ride at Camelot theme park (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Boy falls from ride at Camelot theme park
4:33pm Tuesday 23rd August 2011 in Chorley
A BOY is said to have been injured after falling from a ride at Camelot theme park.
Lancashire Police say it is unknown how the boy has fallen from the ride, the Excailbur 2, at the Charnock Richard park near Chorley.
The extent of his injuries are unknown. The air ambulance has taken the boy to Wigan General Hospital earlier today.
A joint Police and Health and Safety investigation is now under way.
Comments(6)
Mr-Reasonable
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6:46pm Tue 23 Aug 11
Hope the lad is ok
hairy mary
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10:11pm Tue 23 Aug 11
ironmike
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1:02am Wed 24 Aug 11
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Adam James
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3:58am Wed 24 Aug 11
Mr-Reasonable wrote:Not true 'Mr. Reasonable'. No guest has been critically injured at the park before.
Not the first time someone has fallen from a ride at this park I believe.
Hope the lad is ok
Graham Hartley
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6:58am Wed 24 Aug 11
Adam James wrote:Mr Reasonable's claim is correct, for I have fallen from a ride at the Camelot site.
Mr-Reasonable wrote:Not true 'Mr. Reasonable'. No guest has been critically injured at the park before.
Not the first time someone has fallen from a ride at this park I believe.
Hope the lad is ok
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Adam's claim may also be correct, but the claims are different.
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There is a record of an employee's death in 2001 whilst he was working on The Gauntlet - not a guest, then. Is Adam a lawyer?
Mr-Reasonable says...
6:46pm Tue 23 Aug 11
Hope the lad is ok