Schoolboy Daniel Mullinger killed by branch on school trip
24th June 2008
A teacher has told how she watched in horror as a 75ft branch crushed a schoolboy to death as he sheltered from the rain.
Daniel Mullinger, 11, was hit on the head as the enormous branch broke away from a tree at the 17th Century Felbrigg Hall, a National Trust-owned property near Cromer, Norfolk. Three of his friends were seriously injured.
As a child I was always told not to stand under a tree during a rainstorm. Apparently they do things differently in Britain.
June 24th, 2008 at 14:25
Only in Britain would they inspect trees …