Fourteen-year-old Daniel Halliday drowned after being swept out to sea while playing in the waves with friends an inquest has heard.
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00:00The tragic death of a teenager at Crosby Beach last summer has been ruled an accident.
00:0514-year-old Daniel Halliday drowned after being swept out to sea while playing in waves with friends and inquests heard.
00:12The teen was with two others at the beach in Sefton when he was swept out to sea on June 30th last year.
00:18The body of the teenager from Tubrook was discovered by an RNLI crew off the coast at New Brighton on July 8th.
00:25At the inquest at Boothletown Hall, Senior Coroner Julie Goulding ruled his death from drowning an accident.
00:31She said, tragically, the catastrophic accident unfolded when three young people were out having fun together and enjoying themselves.
00:39One of the youngsters with Daniel on the day said they were jumping waves, taking photos and having a really good time at the beach,
00:47famous for Anthony Gormley's Another Place installation, which is made up of 100 cast iron sculptures.
00:53CCTV showed the three youngsters swimming in the sea just after 6.30pm before one of them was swept away.
01:01The beach is the only one in the country which is staffed by lifeguards every day of the year, the inquest heard.
01:07But they were on the beach from 10am to 6pm, so were not on duty when Daniel got into difficulty.
01:14Lifeboats, police, helicopters, the Coast Guard and fire and ambulance crews were involved in the search for the teenager.
01:19Michelle Williams from Sefton Council said there were 35 signs along the almost three and a half kilometre stretch of beach,
01:27which advised it was not a bathing beach and warned of the dangers.
01:31Daniel's family told the inquest signs had been faded when they visited the area.
01:36The coroner said it was a positive step that there were plans by the council to put more larger signs in place.
01:42The coroner said it was a positive step that there were plans by the council to put more on the coast of the coast of the coast of the coast of the coast of the coast of the coast of the coast.