Several students were near or in the area surrounding the place where a 10-year-old girl on Friday lost their lives in a tragic accident when a tractor was in the process of clearing a clump of bushes at Gug school, Aalborg.
It tells the acting director of education in the Municipality of Aalborg, Jacob Ryttersgaard to Ekstra Bladet.
Therefore, the school has exceptionally chosen to stay open all weekend, so that parents and students have the opportunity to receive counselling and advice in connection with the incident.
– We are open Saturday and Sunday from 9.00 to 16.00. Both the management and krisepsykologer is present at the school, and so, we offer help to parents who need advice and guidance on how to help their child in such a difficult time, says Jakob Ryttersgaard, telling you that the offer has been already used by several.
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In connection with the accident registered school pupils at close quarters, saw the accident.
– Therefore, there is a special attention of about 50 children, but we constantly have to mind that there are parents who come and say that their child have also experienced something.
Already on Friday held the school an information session, which is also where the police participated. Over the weekend, management will keep the parents updated on several information sessions, says Jacob Ryttersgaard.
the Accident, which now is being investigated by the police in cooperation with the Inspectors, happened, while the students had recess. The 10-year-old girl, who went in 3. class at Gug School, was probably in the shelter of the bushes, bounding the school from some playing fields in the area.
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At the same place and at the same time was a contractor in the process of performing a task for the Municipality of Aalborg.
According to the preliminary surveys, have the school staff been aware that the shelter of the bushes is a place which children can use as a hideout, police said.
On the other hand it is still unclear whether the school management ought to have known that there was dangerous construction equipment in the area. And that the staff therefore should have been informed about to keep kids away from the shelter of the bushes.
the shelter of the bushes, bounding Gug School from some playing fields. It is the police view that the staff at the school have been aware that the children used the shelter of the bushes as a playground. Photo: René Schütze
The 23-year-old man who led the tractor, is map been questioned by police in connection with the investigation, but what he has told, want vicepolitiinspektør by The Police Anders Uhrskov not to disclose.
– We have spoken initially with him, and when we looked closely at the case and gathered more information, so we’re talking with him again, ” says Anders Uhrskov.
Why the girl was not discovered, or why she has not even reached away in time, are therefore still unclear, police said.
– That will take some time before we can give a definitive picture of the accident, says Anders Urhskov.