A teenager who sneaked into a closed funfair with friends was crushed to death by the mechanical arm of one of the rides, an inquest heard today.
That ride? Body Count.
Mr Partington said KFRS was called to reports of a male trapped with the mechanics of a fairground ride at 7:44am.
He said the fairground ride, known as ‘Body Count’, consisted of a single boom arm which revolved around an axel with a hydraulic arm. The arms were attached to a gondola.
Mr Welch told the inquest Mackenzie and two of his friends had pushed the ride until it gained momentum and was moving independently.
The friends recalled Mackenzie saying he was going to climb to the top of the ride. But as he did so, he got his leg stuck and became crushed between the moving arms.
Mr Welch said the teenagers attempted to move the ride arm and free Mackenzie but were unable to do so.
The male friend told police he noticed Mackenzie had turned purple and it was at this point that he called 999.The medical cause of death given at the post-mortem examination was a traumatic rupture of the liver and spleen as a result of injuries from being crushed by the ride.