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Surranna Stonestreet's wall crush death 'accidental' | Surranna Stonestreet's wall crush death 'accidental' |
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A four-year-old girl died when a garden shed her father was dismantling collapsed and fell on her, an inquest has heard. | A four-year-old girl died when a garden shed her father was dismantling collapsed and fell on her, an inquest has heard. |
Surranna Stonestreet was playing in the garden of her Bath home in May when six breeze blocks came crashing down. | Surranna Stonestreet was playing in the garden of her Bath home in May when six breeze blocks came crashing down. |
She suffered fatal head injuries and died shortly after arriving at Bath's Royal United Hospital. | She suffered fatal head injuries and died shortly after arriving at Bath's Royal United Hospital. |
Surranna's father, Karl Stonestreet, was dismantling a doorframe of a shed at the time of the accident. | Surranna's father, Karl Stonestreet, was dismantling a doorframe of a shed at the time of the accident. |
'Blood from her mouth' | 'Blood from her mouth' |
Maria Voisin, coroner for Avon, concluded that the death had been an accident. | Maria Voisin, coroner for Avon, concluded that the death had been an accident. |
"I appreciate the family are not in court but I would like to extend my condolences to them," she added. | "I appreciate the family are not in court but I would like to extend my condolences to them," she added. |
At the time of the incident, Mr Stonestreet said that he had thought Surranna was playing on a trampoline in the back garden. | At the time of the incident, Mr Stonestreet said that he had thought Surranna was playing on a trampoline in the back garden. |
"It was my intention to take the shed down," he said in a statement to Avon Coroners Court in Flax Bourton. | "It was my intention to take the shed down," he said in a statement to Avon Coroners Court in Flax Bourton. |
"This was because the front wall of the shed was not straight and I wanted to start again. | "This was because the front wall of the shed was not straight and I wanted to start again. |
"The chisel got stuck by the door of the breeze block wall. At that point that wall suddenly fell towards me." | "The chisel got stuck by the door of the breeze block wall. At that point that wall suddenly fell towards me." |
Mr Stonestreet said he stepped backwards to avoid the falling rubble and fell over. | Mr Stonestreet said he stepped backwards to avoid the falling rubble and fell over. |
"As I got up I could see that Surranna was lying to the side of me. She had six breeze blocks on her chest. She had blood coming from her mouth," he added. | "As I got up I could see that Surranna was lying to the side of me. She had six breeze blocks on her chest. She had blood coming from her mouth," he added. |
'Unstable shed' | 'Unstable shed' |
The inquest was told Surranna's uncle, John Copp, a self-employed ground worker, built the wall in March 2011. | The inquest was told Surranna's uncle, John Copp, a self-employed ground worker, built the wall in March 2011. |
Mr Copp said the wall was 6ft high and 10ft long and comprised a breeze block front, asbestos sides and a corrugated metal roof. | |
"As far as I am concerned I built a solid structure and that was how I left it," Mr Copp said. | "As far as I am concerned I built a solid structure and that was how I left it," Mr Copp said. |
"At Christmas 2012 my brother told me the shed I built had the roof taken off and was a skeleton. | "At Christmas 2012 my brother told me the shed I built had the roof taken off and was a skeleton. |
"In my opinion, this would have made the shed unstable. I have been devastated by the death of my niece Surranna." | "In my opinion, this would have made the shed unstable. I have been devastated by the death of my niece Surranna." |
Mr Copp said the Stonestreet family moved from Bridgend in Wales to the semi-detached home in Haycombe Drive in October 2012. | Mr Copp said the Stonestreet family moved from Bridgend in Wales to the semi-detached home in Haycombe Drive in October 2012. |
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