A child was airlifted to a hospital after falling out of a rollercoaster at a Pennsylvania amusement park, officials said.
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A medical helicopter was called to the park and flew the boy to a Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh, said WPXI.
“It was during the middle part of the roller coaster ride track”, Idlewild spokesman Jeff Croushore told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. His name hasn’t been released. He is said to be in critical condition.
According to NBC, the boy “tumbled” from the roller coaster.
It has been a traumatic week for families whose children were victims of amusement park tragedies.
Croushore said in the news conference today that rides at Idlewild are inspected daily.
This is the third incident involving an amusement park in the last five days.
To ride solo you have to be 48-inches tall and to ride with an adult you have to be 36-inches tall.
According to the park’s website, there are at least two roller coasters, the Wild Mouse and the Rollo Coaster.
– Make sure children keep hands and feet inside the ride at all times.
The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) reminds thrill seekers that the odds of being seriously injured at an amusement park in the US are 1 in 16 million. Local media said he was about 3 years old, citing sources including the fire station dispatcher, and that he fell off the ride, known as the Rollo Coaster.
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This comes less than a week after a boy was decapitated while riding a waterslide at a Kansas water park. There are almost 1,650 inspectors of the Department that monitor more than 10,200 rides in the state, and they are also responsible for auditing rides and local inspectors. Three children fell from a Ferris wheel at a Tennessee county fair on Monday.
