A teenage boy has died after he fell from a skateboard at a Center Parcs resort.
It happened at 3.54pm on Thursday, October 26, at Center Parcs Woburn Forest, Bedfordshire.
The teen was rushed to hospital by air ambulance but passed away a short time later.
A Center Parcs spokesperson said: ‘It is with great sadness that we confirm, following an incident at Center Parcs Woburn Forest, a guest tragically passed away last week.
‘This is a distressing time and our thoughts are with their family and friends.
‘At this time we are also supporting colleagues who assisted the emergency services and express our gratitude to both.’
An East of England Ambulance Service spokesperson said: ‘We were called at 3.54pm on Thursday 26th October to Center Parcs Woburn Forest with reports that a teenage boy had fallen from his skateboard.
‘An ambulance, ambulance officer vehicle and a response car from the Magpas Air Ambulance were sent to the scene.
‘The boy was transported to Bedford Hospital South Wing for treatment.’
A woman died at the same Center Parcs resort in Bedfordshire after a ‘collision between a vehicle and member of staff’ in September.
The staffer, who has not been named, died last Friday night at the short-break holiday company’s Woburn Forest village.
A woman in her 30s died at the Center Parcs Elveden Forest in Suffolk in June following an ‘unexplained’ medical incident.
According to its website, the 300-acre Woburn Forest resort is one of the company’s ‘newest and most modern villages’ about 45 miles north of London in rural Bedfordshire.
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