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Rope swing death a 'shocking accident', coroner says
Assistant Coroner Ivor Collett has ruled that the November 2024 death of 12-year-old Brooke Wiggins, who was crushed by a falling tree branch while playing on a rope swing in Banstead, Surrey, was a 'shocking accident'. Though Surrey County Council missed a scheduled May 2024 tree inspection and had not completed recommended ivy removal to aid inspections, the coroner concluded the council could not have reasonably prevented the incident, citing no evidence the inspection would have uncovered the branch's dangerous, ground-hidden crack.
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