I was knocked unconscious after someone crashed into me TWICE as I barrelled down a £42m waterslide | The Sun

A MAN claims he was knocked unconscious after someone crashed into him TWICE as he barrelled down a new £42million water slide.

Lee Giles, 41, was enjoying a day out at Moorways Sports Village in Derby with his teenage son when disaster struck.

The unemployed lorry driver says he was left vomiting and feeling extremely unwell after his horror ordeal at the water park.

Lee and his 14-year-old son had been trying out the facilities and thrilling flumes at the newly-opened leisure centre when he headed down a chute.

The dad had gone down the waterslide at the "state-of-the-art" swimming pool when he realised he wasn't gathering much speed.

He told DerbyshireLive: "I started off down the chute and the water was very shallow and I was not moving very much.

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"So I started trying to push myself along when a man who weighed about 18 stone came down and hit me."

The disoriented dad explained it caused him to hit the roof of the chute with the top of his head, seeing him lose consciousness.

And to add further insult to injury, Lee says he was in "total darkness" during the powerful collision.

But he says his agony wasn't over just yet – as at the bottom of the slide, the male swimmer crashed into him again.

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The 41-year-old continued: "As I came to I found I'd slid to the bottom of the shoot, at which point I was hit again.

"I got up as quickly as I could and tried to get out of the water, but I collapsed. The next thing, I was being escorted to the first aid room."

Despite being quickly attended to by medics, Lee claims bungling staff at the megabucks leisure centre "fobbed him off".

He added: "The following minutes were a nightmare as staff got on radios to ask what to do.

"I vomited into a bucket and, being only dressed in swimming shorts, felt very cold as shock set in."

I am really concerned that a child could be seriously injured or worse if it was to happen to them.

The dazed dad said he was left incessantly vomiting throughout the night, and felt unwell from his waterslide crash for days afterwards.

Lee visited his GP due to his worsening condition, who gave him medication and suggested he went to hospital.

Although he decided not to attend A&E, the 41-year-old is now determined to warn others about the new waterpark.

He branded the safety systems on the waterslide dangerous and said that things could have turned out much worse had a child been involved.

Lee said: "I am also really disappointed that no one from Moorways checked to see how I was, and when I went to talk to the management about the situation last weekend I was fobbed off totally.

"I am really concerned that a child could be seriously injured or worse if it was to happen to them."

Simon Morgan, contract manager for Moorways operator Everyone Active, said: "The customer was treated by a first aider with an ice pack and a call to the emergency services was offered, which was declined.

"The incident was then investigated in line with corporate health and safety procedures and the customer was encouraged to contact the site in writing with any concerns."

He insisted that all health and safety measures for all the flumes at Moorways are in line with the manufacturer’s guidelines.

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And he added that a leisure attendant is on duty at the entrance to the flumes at all times.

Everyone Active, who operates the venue on behalf of Derby City Council, did not comment on the incident.

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