article_snippet: The 19-year-old, who has now been awarded a five-figure settlement over the incident in Blackpool, was on a family trip when Danny Lendon was hit by a jet at The Pleasure Beach, leaving Danny Lendon needing two hours of surgery and 250 stitches.
article_snippet: Shelby Clarke, now 19, had the accident when Danny Lendon was only 14 at Blackpool's Pleasure Beach .
article_snippet: (pictured right - mum and dad) when one of the jets of the Blackpool attraction knocked Shelby off Shelby feet and Shelby suffered gynaelogical injuries . '
article_snippet: Miss Clarke said: 'There were loads of kids running through the water jets so Sarah
article_snippet: Shelby told me a very powerful jet had knocked Shelby (left) off Shelby (left) and Shelby (left) was bleeding really heavily from Shelby
article_snippet: Shelby was badly injured, literally ripped right across from her bottom to Shelby vagina. '
article_snippet: Sarah kept telling us that Sarah injuries were from a water jet - but the doctors said that wasn't possible, because her injuries were too severe.
article_snippet: I can't help thinking that if It had been a two-year-old running through the water, Shelby might have been killed.
article_snippet: Sabrina McCarron, a specialist serious injury lawyer from Irwin Mitchell, representing The family, said: 'This was a very tragic accident that could have been avoided had the appropriate risk assessments and safety measures been implemented. '
highlights_snippet: Shelby Clarke, now 19, was injured by a fountain jet at an attraction .
  