A New Zealand man has been arrested over the death of an 11-year-old girl in a boating accident in England.
Mari-Simon Cronje, from south-west London, was killed when she was thrown from an inflatable banana tube being towed by a speedboat.
It is understood the speedboat – driven by a 22-year-old New Zealander, according to British reports – made a sharp turn, causing Mari-Simon to fall from the tube. She was then struck by the boat’s hull. She suffered serious injuries, mainly to her lower body, and was rushed to hospital, but died.
The accident happened at one of Europe’s largest water sports clubs – the Princes Sporting Club in Bedfont, west London – and made front-page news in British newspapers.
The Daily Mail reported that the driver of the speedboat was understood to be a New Zealander who was a watersports instructor at the club.
The newspaper gave only his first name, Matt. Scotland Yard overnight confirmed that the man was a New Ze
