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Boy dies after pit fall ; An Eight-year-old boy died after falling into a secluded chalk pit while out with his family.
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Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph
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January 8, 2008
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An Eight-year-old boy died after falling into a secluded chalk
pit while out with his family.
It is understood the boy, from Barnetby, who has not yet been
named, had been playing when he fell and banged his head.
Police said it appeared the child, who they believed had been
with his mother, brother and grandmother, had fallen into a pit,
which is about 25ft deep and has a rocky base. It is not known how
far the boy fell.
The pit is in a secluded wooded area down a road off the A1074,
Somerby, close to the route of the Viking Way.
A police spokesman said: "It seems the boy was playing in a pile
of old chalk near a chalk bank. It appears he has fallen and banged
his head.
"The family of the ...