Emergency services were called to Pencester Gardens in Dover in the early hours of Wednesday. The site was home to the Family Funfair run by Kent-based Forrest Amusements, which, according to a poster, was due to open to the public on Wednesday. The Department of Health and Safety is investigating the circumstances of the incident, which Kent Police said was “not suspicious”. A South East Coast Ambulance Service spokesman said its services were called to a “serious incident” at 7.42am. at Pencester Gardens in Dover. “We immediately sent a number of clinical resources to the scene, including our Hart team and critical care paramedics; however, sadly a teenage boy was pronounced dead at the scene,” they added. A Kent Police spokesman said: “Kent Police were called by South East Coast Ambulance Service to Pencester Gardens, Dover, at 7.45am. on Wednesday, August 3, 2022. “No suspicious circumstances have been reported and the Health and Safety Executive has been informed.” A spokesman for the HSE said: “The HSE is assisting the emergency services in their response.” A spokesman for Forrest Amusements declined to comment, but said the company would issue a statement later. Its website says it was founded in 1889 and is the largest supplier of tourist attractions in the county. A witness said she had seen “three ambulances, a couple of fire engines and a couple of police cars along Pencester Street, which was blocked off”. “They said there was a fatality and the entrance to the exhibition was blocked with tape,” he added.
