Brooke Wiggins, 12, died when she was hit by a falling branch while playing on a rope swing in Banstead, Surrey, and she was crushed by its weight, an inquest heard
A 12-year-old girl who was hit by a falling branch while playing on a rope swing died as a result of an accident, a coroner has ruled.
Brooke Wiggins was just days away from her 13th birthday on November 9, 2024, in Banstead, Surrey, when the tragedy happened.
She fell from a rope swing attached to a large branch of a tree which suddenly snapped off and crushed her beneath its weight, South London Coroner’s Court heard.
Assistant coroner Ivor Collett said Surrey County Council, which was responsible for maintaining the tree, had been criticised over how it inspected the safety of trees, but concluded it could not have reasonably been expected to do more to prevent it from happening.
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