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A British boy has died while on a school skiing trip in southern Austria.
Hayden Waller was a pupil at The Howard School in Gillingham, Kent.
The 12-year-old was trekking with classmates through a forested area near Mallnitz in the southern province of Carinthia on Monday, when he lost his footing and fell about 30 feet. He died instantly.
Local police spokesman Herbert Rud said: "There were four boys aged between 12 and 14 who tried to reach a hut from which you have a very good view of the area.
"Unfortunately they did not use the path, but went across the open area, and they found that the ground got steeper and steeper and stonier and stonier.
"They had not quite reached the hut when they decided to go back down, but two of them fell. One was killed and the other slightly injured," Mr Rud said.
One of the students ran down the hillside and told a passer-by what had happened.
Emergency services and a rescue helicopter attended, but found the boy dead.
Paul Morris, his headmaster at The Howard School, said: "I would like to send my deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Hayden Waller.
"Everyone connected with the school is completely devastated.
"Staff are comforting the other pupils on the trip and we are arranging for them to return home as soon as possible."
© Independent Television News Limited 2008. All rights reserved. |
Source: http://www.itv.com/News/Articles/British-schoolboy-killed-in-fall.html
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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No doubt this will be used as another reason to ban school trips on the ground of health and safety.
It looks as if this was a tragic accident, which you can't legislate against.
My sympathies to the family
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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It is too soon to prejudge this sad case.
I am not sure you can simply dismiss it as one of those things. A fuller report may shed more light.
Teachers are in loco parentis.
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Latchigo, another report suggested that the parents were on the trip, in which case the teachers wouldn't have been loco parentis.
Very sad news though 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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The kids were out during their 'free time', according to the news report. You can't be watching them during every waking moment - how would you feel if someone did that to you?
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It's very sad, but these things happen unfortunately. The mother has been quoted as saying she doesn't hold anyone responsible. It could have happened at home.
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Kramer, sounds like the sort of nitwit thing we all did, and generally neglected to mention to the people in charge. But you don't always get away with it.
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