Boy, 9, seriously injured after inflatable zorb ball blown off lake in Southport park

Boy, nine, seriously injured when inflatable zorb ball was blown off lake

He was taken away by air ambulance and remains in hospital

Boy, 9, seriously injured after inflatable ‘zorb’ ball ‘blown off lake’

The boy was inside the zorb at an outdoor festival in Victoria Park, Rotten Row, Southport, Merseyside

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Boy, 9, seriously injured after inflatable zorb ball blown off lake in Southport park

A nine-year-old boy has been seriously injured while inside an inflatable zorb ball in a park in Southport, Merseyside.

Nine-year-old boy seriously injured as inflatable zorb ball ‘blown off lake’

Police are investigating the cause of the incident, amid reports that the zorb was blown by a gust of wind.

Nine-year-old boy seriously injured as inflatable zorb ball ‘blown off lake’

The incident happened at an outdoor festival in Southport.