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| Boy's zip wire death: Bailey Sumner 'wrongly attached' | Boy's zip wire death: Bailey Sumner 'wrongly attached' |
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| An 11-year-old boy who died after falling from a Snowdonia zip wire ride had been wrongly attached to the equipment, an inquest has heard. | An 11-year-old boy who died after falling from a Snowdonia zip wire ride had been wrongly attached to the equipment, an inquest has heard. |
| Bailey Sumner, from Blackpool, died from head injuries at Easter 2011. | Bailey Sumner, from Blackpool, died from head injuries at Easter 2011. |
| The SwampFlyer ride at Greenwood Forest Park near Caernarfon, Gwynedd, had been open only a week. | The SwampFlyer ride at Greenwood Forest Park near Caernarfon, Gwynedd, had been open only a week. |
| The Dolgellau inquest heard that a mountaineering clip had been passed through a "false loop" in the rope supporting him. | |
| Park owner Stephen Bristow said the mistake should have been spotted during safety checks. | Park owner Stephen Bristow said the mistake should have been spotted during safety checks. |
| "The training required them to be absolutely rigorous about what they were doing," he told the inquest. | |
| Pathologist Dr Anthony Caslin said Bailey died after suffering a brain injury due to a fractured skull following a fall from height. | |
| 'Symbol of tragedy' | |
| The inquest jury heard Mr Bristow had taken a decision to open a zip wire at the park in November 2010 and after researching and taking advice had opened SwampFlyer on 17 April 2011. | |
| The ride was removed immediately after Bailey's death. | |
| Mr Bristow said: "I didn't want it to remain there. It was a symbol of tragedy." | |
| He said he had received professional guidance before opening the ride and had not been warned about the risk of a false loop. | |
| The park had used a voluntary Health and Safety Executive approved scheme of safety inspections, and an expert had passed the ride as safe. | |
| "We get the best advice we can find," Mr Bristow said, adding there was no legal requirement to have an inspection. | |
| The court heard there was "top-quality equipment" and staff were trained to check equipment. | |
| Coroner Nicola Jones said the delay between Bailey's death and the inquest being held was down to a police investigation and the Crown Prosecution Service. | |
| She told the jury: "What we want to know is how he came to die. This isn't a court that deals with any issues of blame. Nobody is on trial here." | |
| The inquest continues. |