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Ashley Pemberton & Sam Elliott-Gibbs

Dad sobs when told son electrocuted on football pitch 'could have lived' but for blunder

A distraught dad wept after being told his talented young footballer son may have survived being electrocuted during a kick-about if paramedics hadn't been sent to the wrong location.

An inquest has heard medics took 23 minutes to reach Luke Bennett, 17, after pals raised the alarm when a pole he was holding touched an overhead power line.

Witnesses were advised by a 999 call handler not to touch him as he lay dying in case they too were electrocuted.

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