Man dies after head injuries in 'workplace accident' at UK funfair

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2025-08-24

London (PA Media/dpa) - A man in his 20s has died after suffering "serious head injuries" in a workplace accident at a funfair, Northumbria Police said. Emergency services rushed to the Spanish City Summer Funfair in Whitley Bay in North Tyneside on Saturday after being alerted at 2:15 pm (1345 GMT) that a man had been injured. He was treated at the scene but was declared dead a short time later. The funfair, which is in Whitley Bay's Spanish Cit......

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