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Child Injured in Kent Police Drone Crash
S4 · 02 Aug 2025 · Kent Police · Kent, England, UK
Record
| Company | Kent Police |
| Industry | Other |
| Type(s) | injury |
| Date | 02 Aug 2025 (day precision) |
| Time of day | 16:00 |
| Location | Kent, England, UK · Sheerness, Isle of Sheppey |
| Severity | (serious injury, total loss, or grounding) |
| Scale | 1 child injured |
| Confidence | medium |
| Verified flag | Yes - independently re-checked against the cited source |
Summary
A Kent Police DJI M30T operational drone struck an overhead cable during a search operation in Sheerness and fell, seriously injuring a child's hand and thumb (requiring two surgeries); IOPC investigation found the drone was deployed without a risk assessment, leading to a misconduct hearing for the officer.
Primary source
Publisher: BBC · Retrieved: 2026-09-16
Supporting source rows (1)
| Date | Supporting source row | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02 Aug 2025 | Child Injured in Kent Police Drone Crash | BBC | BBC |
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