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Evening Standard
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Ben Mitchell

Coroner calls for overhaul of regulations after death of girl in speedboat crash

Emily Lewis, 15, was killed in a speedboat crash (Family handout/Hampshire Police/PA) - (PA Media)

A coroner has said he will write to the Secretary of State for Transport to call for an overhaul of regulations of high-speed thrill rides following the inquest into the death of a 15-year-old girl after a speedboat crashed into a navigation buoy.

Emily Lewis suffered fatal injuries after the rigid inflatable boat (Rib) Seadogz collided with a 4.5m high buoy in Southampton Water on August 22 2020, with a number of other passengers being seriously injured.

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