Nine-year-old boy seriously injured as inflatable zorb ball ‘blown off lake’

Police are investigating the cause of the incident, amid reports that the zorb was blown by a gust of wind.

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A nine-year-old boy has been seriously injured as an inflatable zorb ball came off a lake and landed on grass nearby.

The boy was inside the zorb at 2pm on Sunday at an outdoor festival in Victoria Park, Rotten Row, Southport, Merseyside.