Na lavea le ulu o se turisi ma maliu ina ua pau i lalo o le faasitepu o le vaalele ina ua taunuu mo se tafaoga i Mekisiko.

O Rita Mellon, 61, na taunuu i Cancun ma lona toalua o Keith. Na leiloa ona vae ma pa'ū "pei o se fusu", o le tala lea a se molimau.

Na faamalumalu e Keith ia Rita mai le la mo le 20 minute e faatali ai mo fomai ao taoto o ia ua le iloa ma tafetotoi lona ulu ma lona isu. Na taunuu mai se taavale a le falemai i le 10 minute mulimuli ane.

E le'i fa'aogaina e tausimea o le okesene fagu ona sa latou manatu o lo'o fa'atumuina le va'alele ma e le tusa ai ma tulafono o le saogalemu. O Keith, o Sheffield, na taʻua le togafitiga i lona faletua o le 39 tausaga "faʻanoanoa".

O le kamupani malolo o Thomson ua suia taualumaga ina ua uma ona ioe sa i ai se vaega efuefu o tiute i luga o faasitepu i le va o le auvaa ma le aufaigaluega i le eleele.

Na taʻu atu e le coroner i se suʻesuʻega a Sheffield e faapea "e faigata ona faʻamasinoina pe o le a iai se eseesega o togafitiga faafomaʻi". Na maliu Rita i le aso 11 o Iulai i le tausaga talu ai ona o le ma’i toto ina ua le gaioi ma lona ulupo’o gau.

OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:

Na lavea le ulu o se turisi ma maliu ina ua pau i lalo o le faasitepu o le vaalele ina ua taunuu mo se tafaoga i Mekisiko.
Keith shaded Rita from the sun for 20 minutes waiting for paramedics as she lay unconscious and bleeding from her head and nose.
The coroner told a Sheffield inquest that it was “difficult to judge whether different medical attention would have made a difference”.