Author Topic: Accident at Side (Read 2502 times)

Old Daffodil · « **on:** July 28, 2010, 19:39:19 PM »

Awful news from Side. A man on holiday was killed when equipment went wrong whilst he was parasailing.His daughter was in tandem with him.
Sympathies to the family.

grahamturner09 · « **Reply #1 on:** July 28, 2010, 20:16:47 PM »

Unfortunately not the first time someone has fallen out of a harness not as safe as it may look

Jacqui Harvey · « **Reply #2 on:** July 28, 2010, 20:26:40 PM »

Just read about this, apparently his wife has hired a Turkish lawyer, as the equipment he was strapped in with snapped. It said he had been parasailing before on previous holidays, so I hope he had taken out Dangerous Sport Insurance.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/turkey/7913969/British-man-plunges-to-death-after-harness-snaps-in-Turkish-parasailing-accident.html

cheers · « **Reply #3 on:** July 29, 2010, 01:17:15 AM »

Never mind the insurance!! Think about his daughter!!

Jacqui Harvey · « **Reply #4 on:** July 29, 2010, 08:24:24 AM »

I have thought about his daughter and his son, both grown up, but I was thinking of his wife.
He was 50 years old and probably had a lot of commitments in life, without insurance, the future for his wife will be difficult to say the least.

stoop · « **Reply #5 on:** July 29, 2010, 10:31:07 AM »

If he went with a reputable company then they should have covered his insurance. As it stands it looks like the wife will be claiming from them anyway as allegedly the harness was damaged by it's constant exposure to the elements and someone saw the operators trying to hide it after the accident. I hope they had liability cover for her sake.

Whatever the outcome is I'm sure the daughter will never really recover from losing her father in such a way.

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