THE parents of a Bridgwater A-level student are appealing for others injured on a 'potentially lethal' bit of equipment to get in touch.

Bridgwater College A Level student Evie Walford, 17, broke her leg at the popular Bristol Airhop on the Wipeout-style game.

She has been left with a permanent six inch scar, and has to live with a lifetime pin and plate inserted in her leg after a five-hour surgery. She has since lost months of work and studies.

Now her mother Julie and her solicitor Jonathan Rich, of Pardoes in Bridgwater, want others injured on the same equipment to get in touch to ensure potential dangers are made safe.

The ex-Haygrove student was aided by the Air Hop staff from the equipment and onto a wheelchair.

Her family say they know of at least three other people injured on the same equipment.

Julie said: "It was appalling and she was left a girl with a permanent scar. It was an extremely difficult time and we are very concerned that this piece of equipment is not safe. We know of others injured on it.

"The whole experience was terrible - the staff should have been better trained."

Jonathan Rich of Bridgwater Pardoes said: “We need to act to ensure no more people are put at risk."

Evie is doing A Level courses in business studies, accountancy, sociology and English and plans to study nursing at Plymouth University.

The incident happened in February this year when she landed awkwardly on the equipment's spongy podium.

A spokesman for AirHop said: ""The wellbeing of our customers is AirHop’s number one priority and we carry out a range of procedures including full safety briefings for everyone taking part and training for staff to identify potential risks.

“AirHop has one of the lowest injury rates for any trampoline park in the UK and, in fact, Southmead Hospital praised our safety procedures when they inspected our site earlier this year.”