On Thursday 22 August 2013 21:54 Artic wrote in uk.d-i-y:

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Scott M wrote:

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Father watches in horror as his four-year-old daughter is killed
when SIX breeze blocks fall on her while he tears down garden shed

What exactly was he doing that was idiotic?

Having a child in the garden while demolishing anything.

Christ. Give the guy a break. It could indeed happen to any of us.

Only if terminally stupid, a demolition or tree felling site or insert
many others where things can go wrong very quickly is no place for a
4yr old eager to 'help daddy' to be playing.

I'm sure he'd agree with you. But short of tying them down they have
independent movement and pop up in unexpected places.

When I was 4, I ran towards the running prop of an aeroplane.


Are you attempting to transfer the blame onto the dead child?
Parents have responsibilities and the very first is to ensure the safety
of their children. That fool wasn't on his own, if he'd half a brain
the child would have been locked in the house or taken out for the day.

I don't think he was expecting the whole wall to collapse. He probably
thought he'd be taking it down one block at a time.
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