Death of boy, 10, who fell down a manhole 'could have been avoided'

The death of a young boy who fell down an open manhole at a construction site could have been avoided, a sheriff has determined.

Shea Ryan, 10, was able to bypass insecure fencing at the site situated 60 metres from a children's play park in Glasgow's Drumchapel on July 16 2020.

Shea sat on the open manhole which had a drop of 6.3 metres to the ground.

He was overheard saying that he wanted to 'go down.'

Shea unfortunately slipped from a ladder at the entrance of the manhole to the water below.