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| Drayton Manor death: Jurors find Evha Jannath died accidentally | Drayton Manor death: Jurors find Evha Jannath died accidentally |
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| A girl who drowned when she fell from a theme park ride while on a school trip died accidentally, an inquest jury has concluded. | A girl who drowned when she fell from a theme park ride while on a school trip died accidentally, an inquest jury has concluded. |
| Evha Jannath was unsupervised on the Splash Canyon ride at Drayton Manor in Tamworth, Staffordshire, when she died on 9 May 2017. | Evha Jannath was unsupervised on the Splash Canyon ride at Drayton Manor in Tamworth, Staffordshire, when she died on 9 May 2017. |
| The 11-year-old from Leicester, who could not swim, fell from a boat when it hit a barrier. | |
| The ride has been closed since, South Staffordshire Coroner's Court heard. | The ride has been closed since, South Staffordshire Coroner's Court heard. |
| Evha was pronounced dead in hospital later the same day. | Evha was pronounced dead in hospital later the same day. |
| The inquest had previously heard Evha had been standing up and "reaching into the water", breaching the park's rules, before she was "propelled" from the boat. | |
| CCTV footage played to jurors, showed her wading back towards her friends before climbing an "algae-covered travelator" and then falling off into a "much deeper" section of water. | |
| She was spotted face down by staff about 11 minutes later before her lifeless body was retrieved. | |
| The inquest had heard Evha fell during her second turn on the ride - on her first she had been accompanied by teachers. | |
| Jurors were told the emergency stop button for the rapids ride was not pressed for 10 minutes after staff were informed a child was in the water. | |
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