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Royal Adelaide Show officials approved ride that killed Adelene Leong despite operators never returning safety checklist
A ride that caused the death of a young girl at the Royal Adelaide Show should not have been cleared to run because its operators had not returned a final safety checklist, a coronial inquest has heard.
Key points:
- Adelene Leong, 8, was killed when she was thrown from the Airmaxx 360 ride
- A coronial inquest is examining her death, more than six years after it happened
- The inquest has heard show officials approved the ride despite its operators never returning a safety checklist
Eight-year-old Adelene Leong died in hospital after she was thrown from the Airmaxx 360 ride at the Royal Adelaide Show in September 2014.
South Australia’s Deputy State Coroner Ian White is currently hearing an inquest into Adelene’s death.
The inquest was told on…
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