Schoolboy dies jumping into reservoir after losing game of rock paper scissors

dailyrecord.co.uk:

A 16-year-old boy died after jumping into a freezing reservoir when he lost a game of rock-paper-scissors. Sam Haycock was celebrating the end of term with a group of mates at Ulley Reservoir near Rotherham on the afternoon of May 28 last year.

Senior coroner Nichola Mundy heard evidence that the pals had been 'egging' each other on to see who would jump in first, with Sam 'cannonballing' from a nearby bridge into the water after losing the game against a friend, Teeside Live reports.

The inquest at Doncaster Coroner's Court was also told that the popular schoolboy, who had recently been diagnosed with autism and complex medical conditions, was unable to swim.

In the end the group of boys, none of whom were strong swimmers, agreed for two of them to play rock-paper-scissors to decide who would go first with Sam losing.He jumped in but immediately his friends could see he was panicking and one of them, identified only as C, bravely leapt in and tried to save him.One of several adults who were there at the time, Craig Pennington, said: "I could hear what sounded like young lads laughing and joking around.I could see four teenage boys, it sounded like they were getting more excitable.