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| Southport zorbing injury: Dust-devil footage investigated | |
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| The footage was filmed close to where the boy was injured | The footage was filmed close to where the boy was injured |
| The footage was filmed close to where the boy was injured | The footage was filmed close to where the boy was injured |
| Police investigating how a nine-year-old boy was injured while zorbing have said they are analysing footage which appeared to show a dust-devil nearby. | |
| The boy was hurt when the inflatable ball he was in was swept into the air at the Southport Food and Drink Festival in Victoria Park on Sunday. | The boy was hurt when the inflatable ball he was in was swept into the air at the Southport Food and Drink Festival in Victoria Park on Sunday. |
| Merseyside Police said the footage, which was captured near the park, would "form part of our investigation". | Merseyside Police said the footage, which was captured near the park, would "form part of our investigation". |
| It previously said the boy's injuries were not life-threatening. | It previously said the boy's injuries were not life-threatening. |
| The mobile phone video, which was captured by Neil Boulton from Birkdale on a road close to the park, is believed to have been taken moments before the ball was lifted into the air. | The mobile phone video, which was captured by Neil Boulton from Birkdale on a road close to the park, is believed to have been taken moments before the ball was lifted into the air. |
| 'Very scary' | 'Very scary' |
| Mr Boulton's partner Leah Walsh said she was at the festival and witnessed the commotion after the boy's fall. | Mr Boulton's partner Leah Walsh said she was at the festival and witnessed the commotion after the boy's fall. |
| She said she spoke to Mr Boulton to ask him if he knew what had happened, but said he did not. | She said she spoke to Mr Boulton to ask him if he knew what had happened, but said he did not. |
| She said she had her back "to what had happened, but you could hear people were horrified". | She said she had her back "to what had happened, but you could hear people were horrified". |
| "It was very scary," she said. | "It was very scary," she said. |
| "It came from nowhere [as] it had been such a lovely day." | "It came from nowhere [as] it had been such a lovely day." |
| The boy had been zorbing at the time he was injured, an activity which sees participants secured inside the inner capsule of a large, inflated, transparent ball, which is then rolled along the ground. | The boy had been zorbing at the time he was injured, an activity which sees participants secured inside the inner capsule of a large, inflated, transparent ball, which is then rolled along the ground. |
| Merseyside Police said it was "aware of the video and it will form part of our investigation". | Merseyside Police said it was "aware of the video and it will form part of our investigation". |
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