Padstow speedboat accident: Why didn't safety device that would have halted propeller work?

... Sky TV boss, and eight-year- old daughter Emily died when they were run over by the out-of-control powerboat. His yoga-teacher wife Victoria, 41, and their four-year-old son Kit both face losing their legs from 'life-changing' wounds caused by the ...

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