FAMILY SAW GRANDAD DIE.

FAMILY SAW GRANDAD DIE.(News)

From:

Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)

Date:

March 30, 2006

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Byline: Katie Campling ,

Runaway trailer led to tragedy during country walk

A HOLMFIRTH man was killed in front of his family in a road accident in Germany.

Keith Aspinall died of a fractured skull and brain injury after being hit by a trailer that broke free from the back of a car.

Mr Aspinall and his wife Rita had moved from Holmfirth to the village of Passade in Germany in June 2005 to be nearer their daughter Melanie and her children.

An inquest, held in Huddersfield yesterday, heard that 61-year-old Mr Aspinall was out walking with his son Paul, daughter-in-law Sarah and three grandchildren, when the tragedy happened on September 17 last year.

It was the first time Paul and his family had been to see his parents in Germany.

They were walking in line along a grass verge on a country road, approaching a level crossing. Paul was at the front of the line, with his father behind him. Sarah, her two children and Melanie's son were at the back.

Paul told the inquest he saw a black Skoda with a box trailer going over the crossing. He saw the trailer bouncing and then watched as it came unhitched from the car when it rounded a right-hand bend. The trailer careered towards the verge, passed behind Paul, but struck Mr Aspinall before he time to react.

Paul said: "He turned to see it, tried to get out of the way and couldn't."

The trailer hit Mr Aspinall and carried him into a ploughed field 20ft away. Paul rushed to the field and found his father unconscious.

Drivers - including the owner of the trailer - stopped and called the emergency services.

Hans-Jrgen Mller, who was in the queue of cars behind the Skoda with his son, Jan Martin Mller, told the inquest his son ran to help Mr Aspinall while he stopped the traffic.

A team of experts from German company Kasig GMBH tested the coupling which held the trailer to the Skoda. They

concluded that the trailer had simply not been connected to the car correctly.

Coroner Roger Whittaker recorded a verdict of misadventure: "This is, in my view, a dreadful accident. But accident is hardly the right word to describe it. I offer to you, my inadequate sympathy."

During his working life Mr Aspinall had been a driver, newsagent and had worked for two years as a mental health carer.

Proceedings are still ongoing in Germany in connection with Mr Aspinall's death.

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An 11-year-old boy was seriously injured as he was hit by a runaway trailer in Leicestershire.

Last Updated: Thursday, 25 October 2007, 15:19 GMT 16:19 UK

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Boy, 11, hurt by runaway trailer

An 11-year-old boy was seriously injured as he was hit by a runaway trailer in Leicestershire. The incident happened when the trailer became detached from a green Toyota Hilux on Station Road in Old Dalby at about 0750 BST on Friday. A Leicestershire Police spokesperson said the child was in a stable condition at Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre. Officers appealed to anyone who witnessed the incident to come forward.

Runaway boat trailer kills boy, 5

Runaway boat trailer kills boy, 5

Piran Osborne: Investigation has started into death

A five-year-old boy has died after being hit by a runaway boat trailer at Mylor Yacht Harbour near Falmouth.

A boat was being hauled up the slipway when the accident happened at about 1915 on Sunday.

The trailer became detached and hit Piran Osborne, of St Newlyn East, Cornwall, who was sitting on a wall.

The Health and Safety Executive has been informed, and an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident will be carried out.

The boy's eight-year-old brother, who was also sitting on the wall, was taken to the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro with minor injuries.

The accident happened at a 2.5m-wide public slipway outside the main harbour which is free to use and is unsupervised.

Mylor: Boat was being hauled by slipway

Devon and Cornwall Police spokesman PC Baxter Provan said: "Obviously this is a tragic incident and the family of the little boy must be devastated.

"Witnesses say it happened as a boat was being connected to a vehicle to be towed away and it has somehow become detached and come down the slipway.

"The five-year-old was sitting on a wall with his brother who was also struck by the boat but received only minor injuries."

Roger Graffy, managing director of Mylor Yacht Harbour, said: "A family has been ruined and my heart goes out to them.

"We are doing everything we can to help the authorities."

Staff are still mourning the death of harbour worker Stephen Head, 42, and his wife Sheila, 39, who died in a motorcycle crash at Chacewater near Truro on 5 June.

A woman who was killed by a runaway trailer after saving her daughters died as a result of an accident, a coroner has said.

Last Updated: Friday, 17 October, 2003, 11:24 GMT 12:24 UK

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Mother's trailer death 'an accident'

The family had lived in the village for eight years A woman who was killed by a runaway trailer after saving her daughters died as a result of an accident, a coroner has said. Wendy Smith, 33, died while out walking with her two young daughters in Halton Lea Gate, near Haltwhistle, four years ago. The inquest had heard she saved her two daughters by throwing them over a wall before she was killed. The trailer, owned by Woolsingham based Fletcher Marquees, became detached from a lorry while being towed through the village in September 1999. Ms Smith was crushed against a wall when the trailer mounted a pavement as she walked with her two young daughters. The force of the impact demolished a stone wall by the roadside and a telegraph pole. Ms Smith suffered multiple injuries and died soon afterwards in the Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle. The coroner, delivering his verdict in Carlisle on Friday morning, criticised the lack of maintenance of the trailer and said Ms Smith's death could have been prevented. He also called for the introduction of MOT style testing of all lightweight trailers and caravans.

Trailer crash gran's amazing recovery

Trailer crash gran's amazing recovery; HORROR: No one expected Sylvia to survive her injuries but she proved them wrong.(News)

From:

Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)

Date:

October 3, 2005

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Byline: By Sam Webb

A GRANDMOTHER who almost died after a freak accident has told of her incredible recovery.

School dinner lady Sylvia Norburn, aged 61, suffered horrific injuries when a trailer ploughed into her as she walked to work in July.

Her husband Colin and their three daughters feared the worst when they saw how ill she was after the accident in Deedmore Road, Wood End, Coventry.

Sylvia suffered a fractured skull and multiple broken bones and needed three hours of emergency surgery.

For two weeks she was either unconscious or sedated as her family kept a constant vigil at her bedside.

Two months on, Sylvia is now well on the road to recovery - and she puts it down to her own will to live.

Although she's still in Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital, she is hoping to be home in time to celebrate Christmas with her family.

Speaking from her hospital bed, Sylvia said: "I shouldn't even be here, but now I'm getting there. I'm determined.

"I'm just thankful I got through it. I was shocked when I heard what I'd been through. I feel lucky."

Sylvia, of Monkswood Crescent, Henley Green, was walking to her job as a dinner lady at Moat House Primary School, Deedmore Road, Wood End, on July 18 when her world was turned upside down.

A flat-bed trailer being towed by a white van came loose, jumped the pavement and crashed into her outside the school.

She was intitially taken to Walsgrave Hospital and underwent an operation to stop internal bleeding.

She can't remember anything about the accident, or the following two weeks while she was in intensive care.

But this isn't the first time Sylvia has overcome adversity. She survived breast cancer a year ago and nine years ago recovered from a heart attack.

Sylvia is now having extensive physiotherapy at Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital to get her up and about again.

Sylvia said: "I want to get home because there are all these little jobs around the house that he won't do!"

The couple's daughters are Julie, aged 39, a kitchen assistant who lives in Nuneaton, Tracey, aged 35, a pre-school manager who lives in Styvechale, and Victoria, aged 26, a care assistant who lives in Wyken.

They have four grandchildren Lee, aged 14, Emilie, aged 11, Christopher, aged 14, Matthew, aged 11.

The pair met through a pen pal magazine while Colin was serving with the Royal Engineers in Germany in 1961.

Police at Little Park Street station are still making inquiries into the accident but no arrests have been made.

Holiday plans for my miracle wife

SYLVIA and Colin have already booked a holiday to the Isle of Wight next year.

Colin, aged 63, an engineer, said: "When I found out how serious it was it was like having my world taken away.

"She was unconscious and sedated for 14 days after the accident but when she came around it was a great joy.

"My oldest daughter came to visit and when she spoke to her it was a total surprise, she almost burst into tears.

"A policeman who came to get a statement said he never expected to be able to visit and speak to her."

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D28222_1. GETTING BETTER... Colin Norburn at the bedside of his wife, Sylvia, who was nearly killed when a trailer ploughed into her as she walked to work. Picture: Lisa Carey; INVESTIGATION... Police examine the scene of the trailer incident in Wood End, Coventry, in July

Biker injured in trailer accident.

Biker injured in trailer accident.(News)

From:

Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)

Date:

June 13, 2007

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A MOTOR CYCLIST suffered two broken wrists and a broken knee after colliding with a trailer which came loose in Warwick, say police.

Warwickshire Police are appealing for witness to the accident which happened at noon on Monday in Myton Road near a humpback canal bridge.

A grey Toyota Hilux pick-up towing a trailer was travelling towards Warwick town.

Police say that, as it crossed the bridge, the trailer broke away from the van and crossed into the path of a black Honda CBR motorcycle travelling in the opposite direction.

The 34-year rider, from Stourport in Worcestershire, suffered a broken knee and two broken wrists plus cuts and bruises. He was treated at Warwick Hospital.

The 31-year-old man driving the pick-up van, from Warwick, was not injured.

Anyone with information is asked to call PC Pat Kearney on 01926 415000.

Loose trailer kills woman on N2 verge

Loose trailer kills woman on N2 verge

EAST LONDON -- A 30-year-old woman from Ducats informal settlement died yesterday after being hit by a trailer which broke off a minibus on the N2 here, police said.

According to Captain Michell Matroos, the woman had been cleaning the road verges when she was struck by the trailer near the Western Avenue off-ramp.

Police are investigating a culpable homicide case.

* A 28-year-old man was arrested yesterday on a charge of raping a 10-year-old girl.

Grahamstown spolice pokesman Tamie Nqai said it was alleged that the man, who is related to the girl, was caught her raping her while taking her to Peddie.

The man will appear in court today.

* On Monday, a woman was rapedin New Street, Grahamstown, by a man who was accompanying her home.

A suspect was arrested and will appear in court today. -- DDR