Coney Island: Child Injured After Falling off Deno’s Roller Coaster in NYC
A 3-year-old child was injured after falling of a roller coaster in Brooklyn’s Coney Island, located in New York City.
The Astrotower, center, at the Coney Island amusement park looms in the background as visitors exercise on a nearby beach on Wednesday, July 3, 2013. Crews working to dismantle the Astrotower have reduced the 275-foot tower to 145 feet tall, and demolition crews using huge cranes planned to take down another 27-foot section Friday, said Chris Miller, a spokesman for the city's Office of Emergency Management. AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews
A 3-year-old child was injured after falling of a roller coaster in Brooklyn’s Coney Island, located in New York City.
Law enforcement sources told the New York Post that the boy fell off a “kiddie coaster.”
Specifically, the child was on a ride at Deno’s Wonder Wheel Amusement Park when he fell.
The boy suffered a broken leg and cuts.
He was listed in stable condition at a nearby hospital.
The FDNY told MyFoxNY.com that the child suffered “multiple traumas” and is at Lutheran Hospital. He is conscious.
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