Boy, 9, dies after being trapped by falling locker at Essex after-school club

A boy has died after being hit by a falling a locker during an after-school swimming club.

The 9-year-old was said to have fallen from the locker before it fell on him, while attending an after-school swimming club at Great Baddow High School in Chelmsford, Essex.

It is believe he suffered serious head injuries. Paramedics arrived at the school at 6.30pm. The boy was airlifted to hospital, but sadly died.

Some parents have since said they do not think the lockers were secured.

The boy was not a pupil at the school, but is believed to have been attending a swimming club with his family.

Meanwhile the school remains closed due to ‘exceptional circumstances’ as police continue their investigations.

A statement on Great Baddow’s website read: “Due to exceptional circumstances, the school will be closed on Friday, May 24, except for Year 11 and Year 13 students sitting exams (GCSEs: Business Studies, Italian, DT; A levels: Business and Physics).

“The buses will run as normal at the beginning and the end of the day.

“Students taking morning exams will be able to leave the site after their exam.

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“The school is closed to all students except those taking exams. Further information will be sent.”

An Essex Police spokesperson said: “We are liaising with the Health and Safety Executive.

“The child was not a pupil at the school and had been there with family members at an after school club.”

A neighbour from the nearby area told the BBC: “My heart goes out to the family and to the children who have to live with it, seeing that.

“Having lost a child myself my heart goes out to that family, they have got to live with that, it never goes away.”