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| Schoolboy dies in playground fall | Schoolboy dies in playground fall |
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| A 14-year-old boy died when he fell over and banged his head on a bench in a school playground. | A 14-year-old boy died when he fell over and banged his head on a bench in a school playground. |
| Brandon Worrell, a pupil at Palatine Community Sports College on St Annes Road, Blackpool, died on Monday lunchtime following the accident. | |
| Lancashire police said he had run around a pole holding up a canopy in the playground, before letting go and falling into the bench. | Lancashire police said he had run around a pole holding up a canopy in the playground, before letting go and falling into the bench. |
| An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive is under way. | An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive is under way. |
| A police spokesman said there were no suspicious circumstances. | |
| Safety review | |
| David Lund, director of children's services at Blackpool Council, said: "No other pupils were involved when Brandon very sadly sustained a fatal head injury. | |
| "He passed away later in the afternoon at Victoria hospital and our sympathy and thoughts are with family and friends at this very sad time. | |
| "We are working closely with the school community, particularly classmates. | |
| "Over the next week our health and safety officers will be reviewing what exactly happened." |