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Girl, 16, is killed in sledging accident
Evening Standard04.02.09
A 16-year-old girl died after crashing through a barbed wire fence on a sledge.
Francesca Anobile, of Sheffield, was injured with three other girls in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, yesterday when their sledge - which was made from a car roof -went through a barbed-wire fence and then smashed into another.
She died of head injuries after being airlifted to hospital. Emergency services described the other girls as "walking wounded".
Reader views (2)
i feel so sorry for everyone who was in the tragic accident and for all of the 5 girls family members who had to put up with all of there worries.ecspeccily francesscas parents and family,i would just like to say that i will pray for you all. i am so sorry.
- Bronwyn Oram, essex,england
How terribly tragic that, whilst thousands enjoyed the snow, this young girl should have died. My thoughts go out to her family at this time. Let us hope that, because of a freak accident, health and safety do not intervene in such a spontaneous sporting event which has been occurring over many generations.
- Habval, Southwick UK
