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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Alex Jee & Kieren Williams

Teen crushed to death by 'Body Count' ride after lads climbed in funfair before it opened

A teenage boy was crushed to death by a funfair ride named ‘Body Count’ after he and his friends climbed onto it the morning before it was due to open.

Mackenzie Croxford-Cook was pinned six feet off the ground after he became trapped between the arm of the ride and a supporting hydraulic beam, an inquest heard.

The 14-year-old’s friends desperately tried to release him but he tragically died at the scene.

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