The report of a death in a school yard was reported as a freak accident. The initial report contained few details. One boy dead, one injured when a sail (sun shade) collapsed at an after sport party in a school.
It sounded too pat and the implication was that somehow the school was at fault or that the shade sail was some how faulty.
Investigation and a later report set out the details. Some lads after winning their game climbed over the school fence went up to the roof and started using a shade sail as a trampoline. Pushed beyond its specs the sail gave way and the boys fell down, one to his death.
I am struggling to imagine how this could be called a "freak accident" I'd be willing to bet large sums of money that this 'accident' would happen each and every time under the same conditions. As soon as the words "shade sail used as a trampoline" were used the term accident and freak had no right to be used in the report.
It was deliberate and predictable to those not imbibing alcohol. I expect to see this story somehow develop into some claim against the school for an unsafe shade sail. The poor boys will be protected as innocents and the blame will be placed everywhere except against their actions. Sadly this is the direction in which Australia society is heading.
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