British toddler has died after climbing onto the rollercoaster tracks at a London fairground and being struck by the ride.
The fairground at Ducketts Common is now closed to the public.
Keith Miller, general secretary of the Showmen's Guild, told Sky News Online: "I understand the young boy had just finished playing on an inflatable ride and then ran over onto the tracks of the Go-Gator."
"There would have been a barrier surrounding the rollercoaster but he must have found a way around it."
Miller said the ride operator saw the two-year-old boy on the tracks and rushed to stop him, but it was too late.
"The Health and Safety Executive inspectors will look at where the child's parents were in this incident and we will do our own investigation."
So far, no one has been arrested over the incident.
What i want to know is how did a kid get away from his parents over a barrier and on to the tracks unseen???
I'm assuming the parents were preoccupied with something and child went off on his own while they were distracted. I feel sorry for the parents, they'll always have the death of their two-year-old son hanging above their heads.
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hahaha dude i hate those leashes. i never understood them. i guess it keeps them under control but kids arent dogs! idk..i wouldnt use one. but the parents shouldve been paying more attention to their child!
How tragic!! But wasn't there someone watching him??
ITS BOBSLED TIME!!!
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i think the parents should have definitely been paying more attention to the kid. If they were, this wouldn't have happened. i don't believe in the child leashes either, i think it's sad. unless the child has some kind of disorder where they are extremely hyperactive and can get away really quick, it's messed up to use one.
how sad! thats awful that his parents let him out of their sight. its sad because he probably strayed away and the parents werent paying attention for like one minute and hes gone. terrible.
sad, that's horrible for the parents and the person controlling the ride who couldn't stop it in time...moral of the story: don't let your kids out of your sight.
