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  1. Addressed to: Senior Lawyer (Team Leader), Professional Support, Warrington Borough Council Legal Services.

    Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin

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    Daniel Lee HODGIN · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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    Daniel Lee HODGIN was found in the River Severn at Cressage on 31 December 2014, after last being seen alive on 23 November 2014. The inquest concluded that his death was accidental, with the medical cause recorded as immersion in water. Concerns included the failure to close and lock a gate leading to the flooded towpath and the lack of an effective system for notifying Shropshire Council about river levels requiring the gate to be secured.

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    Lack of an effective Environment Agency notification system for critical river levels

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    “(1) According to a Shropshire Council plan of the Dorset Street area the gate at Dorset Street leading to the towpath should have been closed and locked when the water level at the Welsh Bridge gauge reached 1.95 meters. (2) At between 5 a.m. and 6 a.m. on the 23rd November 2014 when the deceased most likely entered the water, the level at the Welsh Bridge gauge was recorded at between 2.00 and 1.99 meters. (3) Had the gate been closed and locked the deceased would have been unable to pass through. (4) No clear system was established whereby the Environment Agency notified, or was required to notify, Shropshire Council as to the water level or likelihood of the water level reaching 1.95 meters at the Welsh Bridge gauge. The Council’s instruction to close and lock the gate at Dorset Street was found to fail, there being no effective system in place to achieve the same. ”
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    Unprotected towpath without railings

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    “(6) The concerns raised here not only affect those adversely affected by alcohol but anyone who may be unfamiliar with the area when the river is in flood and is dangerously high covering the towpath. For completeness, and this does not directly concern the Environment Agency, there was a recent reported incident of a pram being blown into the River Severn where the towpath was unprotected by railings. ”
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    Failure to close and lock the Dorset Street gate when river levels reach the threshold

    Wider context from the report

    “(1) According to a Shropshire Council plan of the Dorset Street area the gate at Dorset Street leading to the towpath should have been closed and locked when the water level at the Welsh Bridge gauge reached 1.95 meters. (2) At between 5 a.m. and 6 a.m. on the 23rd November 2014 when the deceased most likely entered the water, the level at the Welsh Bridge gauge was recorded at between 2.00 and 1.99 meters. (3) Had the gate been closed and locked the deceased would have been unable to pass through. (4) No clear system was established whereby the Environment Agency notified, or was required to notify, Shropshire Council as to the water level or likelihood of the water level reaching 1.95 meters at the Welsh Bridge gauge. The Council’s instruction to close and lock the gate at Dorset Street was found to fail, there being no effective system in place to achieve the same. ”
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    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Warrington Borough Council; that does not assign responsibility.

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    Dangerously high floodwater covering the towpath

    Wider context from the report

    “(6) The concerns raised here not only affect those adversely affected by alcohol but anyone who may be unfamiliar with the area when the river is in flood and is dangerously high covering the towpath. For completeness, and this does not directly concern the Environment Agency, there was a recent reported incident of a pram being blown into the River Severn where the towpath was unprotected by railings. ”
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