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Boy, 15, drowned after jumping off pier
A 15-year-old boy died from drowning after jumping off a pier in South Wales, a coroner has concluded.
David Chiaka Ejimofor died on 19 June 2023 after jumping into the sea from the breakwater in Aberavon, Neath Port Talbot, shortly after 7pm. At an inquest into his death, coroner Edward Ramsay said there had been a "lack of effective deterrents on the day in question" to prevent David from jumping in.
"I have no idea if he saw the signage stating no access," the coroner said. "Secondly, even if he did, there was no physical barrier deterring entry." Mr Ramsay said that had a lifeguard been on duty at the time, it was possible David "would not have jumped and therefore not have drowned".
David had received swimming lessons in the past, the inquest heard, and his mother Maria Ejimofor described him as a "cautious" swimmer. Internet searches on David's phone suggested he was "anticipating going swimming later that day" but he had expressed "some caution about jumping.
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