A teenage boy has died following a "serious incident" at a fun fair. Emergency services rushed to Pencester Gardens in Dover, England, early this morning, by the boy couldn't be saved and was preannounced dead at the scene.
The family funfair run by Kent-based Forrest Amusements which, according to a poster, was due to open to the public on Wednesday. Businesses began sitting up rides on Tuesday.
The circumstances surrounding the incident are currently unclear, the Mirror reports
A South East Coast Ambulance Service spokesperson said: "We were called at 7.42am this morning (August 3, 2022) to a serious incident at Pencester Gardens in Dover.
"We immediately dispatched a number of clinical resources to the scene, including our HART team and Critical Care Paramedics, however, sadly, a teenage boy was pronounced as deceased at the scene.”
A road adjacent to the park was initially closed to traffic but has since been reopened.
Witnesses described seeing officers interviewing people at the funfair today. One said: "I just arrived and there were fire engines, medics and police."
A Kent Police spokesman confirmed the force attended the incident but said no suspicious circumstances have been reported.
The spokesman said: "Kent Police was called by South East Coast Ambulance Service to Pencester Gardens, Dover, at 7.45am on Wednesday 3 August 2022.
"No suspicious circumstances have been reported, and the Health and Safety Executive have been informed."
A Kent Fire and Rescue spokeswoman also confirmed the service had been called to the scene to assist police.
A witness said that she had seen "three ambulances, a couple of fire trucks and some police vehicles along Pencester Road, which was blocked off. They were saying there had been a fatality, and the entrance to the fair had been cordoned off with tape."
An HSE spokesman added that the body is "assisting emergency services with their response".
A spokesman for Forrest Amusements declined to comment, but said the company would be issuing a statement later.
Its website says it was founded in 1889 and is the largest supplier of funfair attractions in the county.
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