They wanted to play a joke on his birthday, they threw him off the boat and the engine propeller killed him | the Chronicle

A man died in the UK the day he turned 30 consequence of a joke of his friends, as revealed by the investigation into the causes of death. The events occurred on September 15, when Simon houlder chartered a boat to Norfolk town to celebrate his birthday with his friends.

Houlder and his six friends were drinking alcohol and having fun in the boat until at one point they started pushing each other before falling into the River Bure. Houlder, who also fell into the water, he wanted to get back into the boat but a leg was caught by the propeller and he suffered serious injuries.

One of the friends told the person at the helm to stop the boat, which is now backing up. However, this did not hear the screams because of the engine noise and did not stop.

The men jumped into the water to help him, then he was transferred to hospital by medical helicopter. They later took him to another medical center, where the injured died of bleeding in the leg caused by severe blood loss.

Colonel’s help Johanna thompson dictated that it was a accidental death with a “very sad and tragic result”.

While Houlder’s mother, Jacqueline, said the men on the boat were a “Group of brothers” for the family and called him “a tragic accident”.