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Royal Adelaide Show ride that killed Adelene Leong had ‘design and condition flaws’
A ride which caused the death of an eight-year-old girl at the 2014 Royal Adelaide Show had been “plagued by complaints” during previous shows and fairs along the east coast, a coronial inquest has heard.
Key points:
- Adelene Leong, 8, was killed when she was thrown from the Airmaxx 360
- A coronial inquest is examining her death, more than six years after it happened
- The inquest has heard the girl’s mother twice asked staff to better secure her daughter
Deputy State Coroner Ian White was also told that the Airmaxx 360 — which caused Adelene Leong to be “catapulted” through the air at 100 kilometres per hour — had escaped major scrutiny because it had a “misappropriated” design registration.
“This young girl would have now been 15 years of…
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