Six-year-old girl died after decaying tree collapsed at school, court hears
A council has been fined £280,000 after a six-year-old girl was killed by a falling tree in her school playground.
Prosecuting on behalf of the Health and Safety Executive , James Towey said a "large section" of the rotten tree next to the school playground collapsed and injured a number of children. But Mr Towey said there was a "lack of further detailed investigation and the extent of decay wasn't known but would have been revealed on closer examination, and no doubt the tree would have been felled".
He told the court that although the council did have a comprehensive tree strategy, "the bottom line is that that tree should have been felled". In a statement, she added "every single part" of her family's lives had changed and there was now "a complete hole in our lives". "Seeing everyone's life move on and their kids and her friends getting older while we stay still; always with a six-year-old who will never get her front teeth is devastating.
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